Morgan Grayce Willow holds an M.A. in creative writing from Colorado State University. Her awards include: a SASE/Jerome Fellowship, Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowships in both poetry and prose, and a Loft-McKnight in poetry. Morgan’s chapbook Arpeggio of Appetite was published by Finishing Line Press in 2005. Her poems have also appeared i...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Willow, Morgan Grayce
Created:
2016-03-25
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University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Molly Zahn talks to Peter Shea about early attitudes towards Judeo-Christian scriptural text, and the practice of revising scriptures as a matter of copying and interpretation.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Zahn, Molly
Created:
2011-04-28
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University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Moishe Postone talks to Peter Shea about his interest in understanding the mass movements he was experiencing the 1960s and 1970s. He also discusses his purposes in teaching and the place of a critical emphasis in graduate education.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Postone, Moishe
Created:
2008-04-10
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University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Milena Klimek is a Masters student at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) in Vienna. Her research title is "Farmer and Consumer Practices;A Social Theory Perspective of Organic Partnerships in Austria and Minnesota".
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Klimek, Milena
Created:
2014-08-21
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University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Mike Hazard, poet and filmmaker, talks to Peter Shea and reads poems illustrating his remarks from his book, This World is Not Altogether Bad. He establishes the influence of his parents--his mother, a Renaissance scholar, and his father, an English professor--on his life and work. He reflects on America's "conflict between the two Walts" (Disne...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Hazard, Mike
Created:
2014-04-25
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University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Michelle Filkins, professor and librarian, talks to Peter Shea about the conception of Spout Press. As a founder and editor, Filkins discusses the evolution of the publishing business, as well as how Spout Press has adapted and changed since 1989. Filkins also talks about her involvement with the writing scene and community of Minneapolis. She i...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Filkins, Michelle
Created:
2014-07-28
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University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Michal Hvorecký, born in 1976, is a writer, translator and director of the library at the Goethe Institute in Bratislava. He has published several books, including Dunaj v Amerike (Danube in America) in 2010, which has been translated to English in collaboration with Profs. Eva Hudecová (U Minnesota – Twin Cities) and Mark Lencho (U Wisconsin – ...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Hvorecký, Michal
Created:
2015-04-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Michael Linick is a retired Army Colonel with extensive experience in the areas of understanding and managing change in force structure, in force development and equipping processes, in understanding the Army as an institution, and in linking strategy to force requirements and capabilities. Key positions included managing the Army’s Total Army...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Linick, Michael
Created:
2015-03-27
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University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Michael Fortun talks to Peter Shea about his work doing oral history/anthropology of ongoing scientific enterprises. Fortun is concerned to convey the messiness and í±humanityí¬ of science, in a public climate in which scientific inquiry is often held up as a model of fairly simple, clear rational procedure. Fortun gives an account of his in...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Fortun, Michael
Created:
2009-04-10
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University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Melissa Rolnick talks to Peter Shea about the development of her interest in dance, the dynamics between teacher, dancer, and choreographer, and the physical consequences of being a dancer.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Rolnick, Melissa
Created:
2012-01-15
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University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Megan England talks to Peter Shea about her compositional processes, her current mobile guerilla project, and the character of cities and acoustic environments.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
England, Megan
Created:
2009-02-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Matthew Trumbull, writer and actor, talks to Peter Shea about The Zebra Shirt of Lonely Children, a one-man show about his father, which he performed at the 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival. He talks about his development as an actor and the circumstances which gradually convinced him to undertake a one-man show: notably, his father's death and do...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Trumbull, Matthew
Created:
2013-08-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Matteo Convertino is Assistant Professor in the UMN School of Public Health’s Division of Environmental Health Sciences, and Principal Investigator of the HumNat Lab for Analysis, Modeling and Management of Complex Biological and Socio-technical Systems.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Convertino, Matteo
Created:
2015-09-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Mary Vaughan, retired elementary school teacher and nun, talks to Peter Shea about her activities of protest and civil disobedience, shortly after her sentencing to 24 months of probation after crossing the property line at the School of the Americas in Ft. Benning, Georgia. She recalls her first decision to cross the line and the six months she...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Vaughan, Mary
Created:
2004-01-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Mary Vaughan, retired elementary school teacher and nun, talks to Peter Shea about her activities of protest and civil disobedience, shortly after her sentencing to 24 months of probation after crossing the property line at the School of the Americas in Ft. Benning, Georgia. She recalls her first decision to cross the line and the six months she...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Vaughan, Mary
Created:
2004-06-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Mary Treacy, librarian and activist, talks to Peter Shea about her passion for information accessibility. She describes the conception of The Minnesota Center for the Book and how the center filled an important void in the world of libraries and information ciruculation. The Minnesota Center for the Book's first major project involved the preser...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Treacy, Mary
Created:
2014-05-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Now chaplain at Minnetonka Shores Presbyterian Home in Minnetonka, Mary Pauluk was for a long time chaplain at St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield, Minnesota. In this interview, she talks about why she chose to move back to small-town Minnesota after living in the big city.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Pauluk, Mary
Created:
2002-05-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Mary Modeen talks to Peter Shea about landscapes, teaching, art-making, and place, exploring notions of the unseen and emptiness. She also talks about finding a home as an American who teaches in Scotland and in feeling more at home in herself as she ages.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Modeen, Mary
Created:
2012-10-16
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Mary Beth Stein is a former adjunct theology teacher at St. Catherine’s University, and an activist involved with the Catholic Coalition for Church Reform. In this interview, she talks to Peter Shea about experiences in her life which motivate her to work for social justice, inclusion, and gender equity in the catholic church. She talks about ...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Stein, Mary Beth
Created:
2013-08-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Martin Balluch is an Austrian physicist, philosopher, and prominent animal rights activist. He co-founded the Austrian Vegan Society in 1999, and has been president of the Austrian Association Against Animal Factories (Verein Gegen Tierfabriken) since 2002. Writing about his work in Austria, Balluch says activism has given Austria animal protect...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Balluch, Martin
Created:
2014-08-21
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University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Mark L. Winston is recognized as one of the world’s leading expert on bees and pollination, having had an illustrious career researching, teaching, writing and commenting on bees and agriculture, environmental issues and science policy.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Winson, Mark
Created:
2015-08-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Margot Fortunato Galt grew up a Yankee in South Carolina during the 1950s. Her memoir, poetry, and prose often return to this period, or to her Italian/American background. She has published seven books, two of which were nominated for Minnesota Book Awards. Her poetry and creative prose appear in five anthologies and many small-press journals.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Galt, Margot
Created:
2014-04-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
