Interviews with poets, fiction writers and playwrights who live near Houston, Texas. They read portions of their work, discuss writing, literature, and the creative process. The producer, Barbara Entman, has attempted to collect writers who reflect the diversity of cultures found in the Houston metropolitan area. 505 CONTENT: Ed Hirsch has received the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rome Prize from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He teaches creative writing at the University of Houston. His books include "Wild Gratitude" and "For the Sleepwalkers." Dr. Cynthia MacDonald, who founded the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston, speaks about work and the process of writing.|EDWARD HIRSCH AND CYNTHIA MacDONALD / produced by Barbara Entman. - SERIES: Houston writers live| no. 11 - Interviews with poets, fiction writers and playwrights who live near Houston, Texas. They read portions of their work, discuss writing, literature, and the creative process. The producer, Barbara Entman, has attempted to collect writers who reflect the diversity of cultures found in the Houston metropolitan area. Project funded by the Texas Committee for the Humanities, and the Cultural Arts Council of Houston. CONTENT: Ed Hirsch has received the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rome Prize from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He teaches creative writing at the University of Houston. His books include "Wild Gratitude" and "For te Sleepwalkers." Dr. Cynthia MacDonald, who founded the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston, speaks aboutwork and the process of writing. RECORDED: Houston, Texas, 17 Jan. 1992.
520 Interviews with poets, fiction writers and playwrights who live near Houston, Texas. They read portions of their work, discuss writing, literature, and the creative process. The producer, Barbara Entman, has attempted to collect writers who reflect the diversity of cultures found in the Houston metropolitan area. 505 Ed Hirsch has received the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rome Prize from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He teaches creative writing at the University of Houston. His books include "Wild Gratitude" and "For the Sleepwalkers." Dr. Cynthia MacDonald, who founded the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston, speaks about work and the process of writing.