Voices of Oklahoma Fall Seminar At NSUBA
Published: 2007-10-10
BROKEN ARROW The Northeastern State University Living Literature Center is hosting Voices of Oklahoma Fall Seminar at the Broken Arrow campus on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 26-27.
The seminar commemorates Oklahoma's centennial by celebrating our literary voices and heritage, writers like Woody Guthrie and N. Scott Momaday who have reflected on the diversity of Oklahoma experiences and cultures, said Chris Malone, associate professor of English and director of the Living Literature Center.
The seminar begins at 2 p.m. on Friday with documentary films on Woody Guthrie and the Dust Bowl. Surviving the Dust Bowl is an American Experience film about the determined people of Oklahoma who clung to their homes and way of life, enduring drought, dust, disease and even death for nearly a decade. Woody Guthrie: This Machine Kills Fascists details the life and achievement of one of Oklahomas favorite sons, the most important folk and protest singer of his generation.
Tulsa-area musician Greg Klaus, from the Mudville Porject, will perform music by Woody Guthrie.
On Saturday, authors Terri Baker and Connie Henshaw, from the NSU Department of Languages and Literature, will be speak about their new book Women Who Pioneered Oklahoma: Stories From the WPA Narratives.
In addition, Laurette Willis, an Oklahoma writer and artist, will perform her one-woman show, Great Women of the Frontier and Greg Klaus will perform music by Woody Guthrie.
The seminar is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Chris Malone at 918-456-5511 ext. 4503.