Nation of Writers

By: The American Writers Museum
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  • Summary

  • A new series presented in conjunction with our forthcoming virtual exhibit American Voices. Throughout this monthly series we will talk with experts around the country about the writers that have shaped our nation with their words and you'll get the inside scoop about these writers and their processes
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Episodes
  • Episode 46: Yay Panlilio

    Episode 46: Yay Panlilio
    Oct 4 2024
    In this episode, we discuss the life and work of Filipina-American journalist and guerilla leader Yay Panlilio. Born in 1913 to a Filipina mother and Irish-American father, she moved to the Philippines in the 1930s where she became a popular reporter, photographer, and radio broadcaster. When World War II broke out, Yay served as an informant for the U.S. Army by encoding secret messages in her radio broadcasts. Eventually this caught the attention of the Japanese Army that occupied the Philippines, and Yay had to flee Manila to the countryside, where she joined the famed Marking Guerillas, one of many [...]
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    46 mins
  • Episode 45: Gloria E. Anzaldúa

    Episode 45: Gloria E. Anzaldúa
    Sep 24 2024
    In this episode, we discuss the life and work of queer Chicana poet, essayist, and theorist Gloria E. Anzaldúa. Quoting from The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader edited by AnaLouise Keating: “Born in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, Gloria Anzaldúa was an internationally acclaimed cultural theorist. As the author of Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Anzaldúa played a major role in shaping contemporary Chicano/a and lesbian/queer theories and identities. As an editor of three anthologies, including the groundbreaking This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, she played an equally vital role in developing an [...]
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    52 mins
  • Episode 44: Mike Royko

    Episode 44: Mike Royko
    Aug 23 2024
    In this episode, we discuss the life and work of journalist Mike Royko, a Chicago writing icon. Quoting from the Newberry Library’s current exhibit Chicago Style: Mike Royko and Windy City Journalism, “Best known for his daily column, he wrote for the Chicago Daily News from 1959 until the paper’s closure in 1978; he joined the Chicago Sun-Times until it was purchased by Rupert Murdoch in 1984; he then wrote for the Chicago Tribune until his death in 1997.” The exhibit continues, “Royko thought of himself as a reporter first and foremost, and his distinctive perspective on local politics and [...]
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    1 hr and 4 mins

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