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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.

Adam Johnson
New York State Writers Institute
February 14, 2012

"I discovered literature late. I felt like I was always catching up. I feel like I'm always pretending to have read books that I should have in high school. . .(1:47)

Adam Johnson's visit to NYSWI

Teju Cole
New York State Writers Institute
February 10, 2012

"Around that time, I became a different kind of reader. I became a grown-up reader of books. . . (2:14)

Teju cole's visit to NYSWI

	Michio Kaku New York State Writers Institute February 21, 2012 "We physicists love to make predictions. . .when we helped to assemble the internet, one physicist made a prediction that the internet would become a forum of high culture, high art and high society. . .(17:59) Michio Kaku's visit to NYSWI
	Alan Lightman New York State Writers Institute February 2, 2012 "I let books choose me. I like to let ideas thrash around in my mind for a year or two . . . (1:33) Alan Lightman's visit to NYSW
	Wayne Koestenbaum New York State Writers Institute October 20, 2011 "In terms of being energized or bored by students' work, . . .I tend to be very excited still by these little glimpses of really accurate thinking. . .(4:03) Wayne Koestenbaum's visit to NYS
	Ian Frazier New York State Writers Institute October 5, 2011 "When I started writing humor, what I did was anytime I said anything that made anyone laugh, I wrote it down. . ." (1:27) Ian Frazier's visit to NYSWI

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