In the Fall of 2008, the Writers Institute began digitizing it's entire archive 25 years of presentations by nearly 900 novelists, journalists, poets, playwrights and filmmakers, totalling more than 2,000 hours of readings, seminars and interviews. Here are some highlights of our most recent visiting writers.

EXPLORE VISITING WRITERS VIDEO ARCHIVES: The NYSWI video archive will be updated periodically. Check here for new additions.

 

Russell Shorto
New York State Writers Institute
May 3, 2013

"There's a famous Dutch saying, 'God made the earth but, the Dutch made Holland'. . . " (14:07)

Russell Shorto's visit to NYSWI



Gail Collins
New York State Writers Institute
April 30, 2013

"We would be writing and reporting and somewhere along the line, the barrier between thinking and writing was broken down completely . . ." (3:41)

Gail Collin's visit to NYSWI

Marguerite Holloway
New York State Writers Institute
April 11, 2013

"I thought journalism seemed to be a wonderful way to write consistently . . ." (2:42)

Marguerite Holloway's visit to NYSWI

Christa Parravani
New York State Writers Institute
March 7, 2013

"I did the thing that many amateur writers do, attempt to write the hardest part of the book first . . .(3:02)

Christa Parravani's visit to NYSWI

George Saunders
New York State Writers Institute
February 20, 2013

"Street humor, fast speech, wise cracks, pop culture . . .I had blocked that out as somehow being low. . .(3:51)

George Saunders's visit to NYSWI

Jorgen Randers
New York State Writers Institute
February 6, 2013

"The inportant thing about the world in 2052 is that it's much smaller. There are much fewer people and the economy is much smaller. . .(10:30

Jorgen Randers's visit to NYSWI

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