Recent video highlights

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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