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Barry Unsworth | The Economy of Truth
In this recording from the 2009 Key West Literary Seminar, Barry Unsworth lectures on the nature of truth in works of fiction. On the one hand, argues Unsworth, the novelist must strive for accuracy in relating the historical facts of a period. On the other hand, "the writer of fiction should be seeking a larger truth, a purer truth." In pursuit of this aesthetic aim, the author strives to appeal to the reader's experience and intuition, and so may take liberties with "the categories of factual falsehood or truth." In making his case for an "economy of truth," Unsworth cites authors Mark Twain and Umberto Eco, as well as British spy-turned-author Peter Wright.
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Barry Unsworth | The Economy of Truth
In this recording from the 2009 Key West Literary Seminar, Barry Unsworth outlines his thoughts on the nature of truth in works of fiction. On the one hand, argues Unsworth, the novelist must strive for accuracy in relating the historical facts of a period. On the other hand, "the writer of fiction should be seeking a larger truth, a purer truth." In pursuit of this aesthetic aim, the author strives to appeal to the reader's experience and intuition, and so may take liberties with "the categories of factual falsehood or truth." In making his case for an "economy of truth," Unsworth cites authors Mark Twain, Umberto Eco, and D.H. Lawrence, as well as British spy-turned-author Peter Wright.
Robert Pinsky to give Keynote at KWLS 28
Three-time United States Poet Laureate <a href="http://www.kwls.org/lit/2010/bio.cfm?auth_id=193">Robert Pinsky</a> has been named the keynote speaker for the 28th annual Key West Literary Seminar. Pinsky will deliver the John Hersey Memorial Address on Thursday, January 7, 2010, to kick off <em>Clearing the Sill of the World</em>, a celebration of 60 years of American poetry that will feature a total of eight Poets Laureate, including current Laureate Kay Ryan, Rita Dove, Billy Collins, and our guest of honor Richard Wilbur<em>.</em><br> <br> As Poet Laureate from 1997-2000, Pinsky founded the <a href="http://www.favoritepoem.org/" target="_blank">Favorite Poem Project</a>, an enormously popular initiative dedicated to celebrating, documenting, and encouraging poetry's role in Americans' lives. This unique project resulted in a series of video documentaries showcasing individual Americans reading and speaking personally about poems they love, as well as an anthology, <em>Americans' Favorite Poems</em>, that is now in its 18th printing. In addition to this project, Pinsky has championed poetry's presence in American life with columns in <em>The Washington Post</em> and <em>Slate</em>, television appearances on <em>The Simpsons</em> and <em>The Colbert Report</em>, and videos on internet outlets including YouTube and BigThink. He is the author of seven collections of poetry, most recently <em>Gulf Music</em>; collections of essays including the National Book Critics' Circle Award-nominated <em>Poetry and the World</em>; and translations including the work of Polish poet Czeslaw Milosz and a landmark version of Dante's <em>Inferno</em> which received the <em>Los Angeles Times</em> Book Award in poetry and the Howard Morton Landon Prize for translation.
John Malcolm Brinnin's<br> <i>Travel And The Sense Of Wonder</i>
We are proud to issue John Malcolm Brinnin's Travel And The Sense Of Wonder as the second in our series of digital reproductions of obscure, hard-to-find, or just plain interesting books which have particular relevance to Key West letters...
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