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Cave Canem: Influences in Black Literature
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Al Young Believes Writing is Unnatural
04 min 13 secAl Young shares his theory about literary people, saying "there's absolutely nothing natural about writing."
Young believes "writing is an acquired skill" which, when developed, "isolates [writers] a little bit." -
Al Young Compares Film and Literature
02 min 06 secAl Young shares his experience as a screenwriter and offers his view on the difference between film and literature.
Young names "inhabiting the interior of human beings" to be the "one thing that film cannot do as well as literature." -
Ishmael Reed: Writers Are No Longer Dangerous
05 min 27 secIshmael Reed claims that modern "writers are no longer dangerous," comparing them to Richard Wright and others.
He cites the decline of reading rates to be a "real problem" because it contributes to uninteresting modern writing styles. -
Al Young: Rockers Killed the Literary Star
01 min 55 secAl Young discusses the period when writers were displaced by musicians as youth icons.
Young says in the 1970s, "acting out became a lot more resonant with younger people than being contemplative." -
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