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• Tom Phillips speaks at the International Writers Center conference, "The Dual Muse"

  On November 9, 1997, at the International Writers Center conference, "The Dual Muse: The Writer As Artist, The Artist As Writer," Tom Phillips discusses the usefulness of "failure" and the difference between an artist's external career and internal perception.
• Breyten Breytenbach speaks at the International Writers Center conference, "The Dual Muse"

  Breyten Breytenbach discusses the advantages of "bilingual" artistry at the International Writers Center conference, "The Dual Muse: The Writer As Artist, The Artist As Writer," November 9, 1997.
• Jennifer Bartlett speaks at the International Writers Center conference, "The Dual Muse"

  Jennifer Bartlett delivers a remixed version of her essay "A Peaceable Kingdom" for the International Writers Center conference, "The Dual Muse: Writer As Artist, Artist As Writer." Bartlett's address incorporates diary entries from her late fellow writer/artist Joe Brainard, to whom she dedicates her presentation.
• Derek Walcott speaks at the International Writers Center conference, "The Dual Muse"

  Derek Walcott reads from his poetic essay "Tiepolo's Hound" for the International Writers Center conference, "The Dual Muse: The Writer As Artist, The Artist As Writer". Walcott wrote this piece in response to his invitation to the conference.
• Breyten Breytenbach speaks at the International Writers Center conference, "The Writer in Politics"

  South African writer Breyten Breytenbach reads from his poem, "For Francooi Viljoen" in his speech at the October 20, 1992 International Writers Center conference, "The Writer in Politics: Under a Politics With a Politics".
• Carolyn Forche speaks at the International Writers Center conference, "The Writer in Politics"

  Poet and human rights activist Carolyn Forche reads from "The Colonel," her account of a harrowing experience during her May, 1978 stay in El Salvador.
• Nuruddin Farah speaks at the International Writers Center conference, "The Writer in Politics"

  Somalian writer Nuruddin Farah speaks at the October 20, 1992 International Writers Center conference, "The Writer in Politics: Under Politics With a Politics".
• Luisa Valenzuela speaks at the International Writers Center conference, "The Writer in Politics"

  Argentinian novelist and journalist Luisa Valenzuela speaks at the October 20, 1992 International Writers Center conference, "The Writer in Politics: Under Politics With a Politics".
• Antonio Skármeta speaks at the International Writers Center Conference

  Chilean writer Antonio Skármeta speaks at the October 18, 1992 International Writers Center conference, "The Writer in Politics: Under Politics With a Politics".
• Mario Vargas Llosa reads at the International Writers Center Conference, "The Writer in Politics"

  Peruvian author (and former unsuccessful presidential candidate) Mario Vargas Llosa reads from his novel, "The War of the End of The World", in a keynote reading for the October 18, 1992 International Writers Center conference, "The Writer in Politics: Under Politics With a Politics".
• Carolyn Forché and William Gass at the Writer in Politics Conference

  Carolyn Forché and William Gass at the Writer in Politics Conference in October 1992.
• Robert Hegel, María Inés Lagos, and Luisa Valenzuela at the Writer in Politics Conference

  Robert Hegel and María Inés Lagos, panelists, listen to Luisa Valenzuela give her presentation at the Writer in Politics Conference on October 20, 1992.
• James McLeod and Mario Vargas Llosa at the Writer in Politics Conference

  James McLeod and Mario Vargas Llosa speaking as panelist at Antonio Skármeta's presentation at the Writer in Politics Conference on October 19, 1992.
• William Gass, Nuruddin Farah, and Steven Meyer at the Writer in Politics Conference

  William Gass as moderator, with Nuruddin Farah and Steven Meyer as panelists at Breyten Breytenbach's presentation at the Writer in Politics Conference on October 21, 1992.
• William Gaddis and Heide Ziegler at the Writer and Religion Conference

  William Gaddis, the featured presenter, and Heide Ziegler, a panelist, at the Writer and Religion Conference on October 24, 1994.
• Wayne Fields and William Gass at the Writer and Religion Conference

  Wayne Fields and William Gass speaking as panelists at William Gaddis's presentation at the Writer and Religion Conference on October 24, 1994.
• Robert Hegel, María Inés Lagos, and Luisa Valenzuela at the Writer in Politics Conference

  Robert Hegel and María Inés Lagos as panelists for Luisa Valenzuela's presentation at the Writer in Politics Conference on October 20, 1992.
• Marc Chénetier, Carolyn Forché, and Antonio Skármeta at the Writer in Politics Conference

  Marc Chénetier and Carolyn Forché as panelists for Antonio Skármeta's featured presentation at the Writer in Politics Conference on October 19, 1992.
• Ron Himes, Richard Watson, and Nuruddin Farah at the Writers in Politics Conference

  Ron Himes, Richard Watson as panelists for Nuruddin Farah's presentation at the Writers in Politics Conference on October 20, 1992
• Nuruddin Farah at the Writer in Politics Conference

  Nuruddin Farah giving his presentation at the Writer in Politics Conference on October 20, 1992.