The New York State Writers Institute mourns the passing of Philip Levine who died on February 14, 2015.
Levine's poetry is grounded in the harsh reality of contemporary life. He describes his poetry as an attempt to create "a voice for the voiceless."
Watch our 26-minute episode about Levine on The Writer, our former collaboration with PBS affiliate WMHT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p-6RA01qyY&feature=youtu.be&t=40s
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Thursday, February 19, 2015
Remembering Poet Philip Levine (1928-2015)
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Robert Stone on "The Writer" in 1996
Robert Stone, celebrated author of Dog Soldiers who died last week, was featured on a 1996 episode of "The Writer," a former collaboration between PBS station WMHT and the New York State Writers Institute:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1is4nXRD-M&feature=youtu.be
More about Stone's visit to the Writers Institute and UAlbany:
http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/stone.html
Monday, September 16, 2013
Poet Philip Levine wins $100k Prize
Former United States poet laureate Philip Levine has been awarded the Academy of American Poets’ Wallace Stevens Award for lifetime achievement. The award, which comes with a $100,000 prize, is given annually for “outstanding and proven mastery of the art of poetry.”
Here are some links:
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/philip-levine-is-awarded-100000-poetry-prize/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24077281
Levine visited the Writers Institute in 1996: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/levine.html. A video about the visit aired in 1999 on "The Writer," a series coproduced by the Writers Institute and WMHT.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Remembering Elmore Leonard, with Video
See a 2001 episode of "The Writer" featuring the late crime fiction genius Elmore Leonard (1925-2013), based on his visit to the New York State Writers Institute in September 2001, two days before the catastrophe of 9/11.
"The Writer" series was a coproduction of the NYS Writers Institute and PBS television station WMHT.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOPDVQNmOMs
Former Institute videographer Hugo Perez, director of "The Writer," introduces.
More on Leonard's visit to Albany: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/leonardelmore.html
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Online Chat with the Central Park Five
Whether you missed or managed to attend our special advance screening of Central Park Five on April 5 at Page Hall with co-directors Sarah Burns and David McMahon, you may wish to pose your questions to "the five," as well as to David, Sarah and Sarah's father, Ken Burns.
City Room Blog link: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/.
You can still catch the film today-- its official national air date-- April 16 at 9PM, on PBS stations. WMHT will also air the film again today at 11PM, and on Wed. 4/17 at 2AM, Fri. 4/19 at 2AM, Sun. 4/21 at 3AM and Mon. 4/22 at 3AM.
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
400 People at Page Hall for Central Park Five Event
Film director Sarah Burns (daughter of leading filmmaker Ken Burns) and her husband and
codirector David McMahon met with an Albany audience of approximately 400 at Page Hall last Friday following a screening of their award-winning documentary, Central Park Five.
Picture: Sarah and David talk with the audience at Page Hall.
Special thanks to our cosponsors, the UAlbany School of Criminal Justice, and PBS station WMHT.
The documentary tells the story of five Harlem teenagers falsely convicted of the rape and attempted murder of a female jogger in Central Park in the 1980s.
Sarah and David has such a great time that they expressed a wish to come back to Albany with the "five," who are seeking damages from the City of New York.
More about the film: http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/centralparkfive/
Friday, March 29, 2013
Central Park Five Screening in Albany
Sarah Burns, daughter of major documentary filmmaker Ken Burns) and her husband David McMahon will present a Q&A following a screening of their new film, Central Park Five, winner of the New York Film Critics Circle Award.
Sarah Burns and David McMahon codirected and cowrote the film with Ken Burns. Based on Sarah's book of the same name, the film documents a miscarriage of justice of epic proportions-- the wrongful conviction of five Harlem teenagers in the rape and beating of a white jogger in Central Park in 1989.
The event is cosponsored by UAlbany's School of Criminal Justice, PBS television station WMHT, and the New York State Writers Institute.
More about the event: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/programpages/cfs.html#central
More about the film on the PBS website: http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/centralparkfive/
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