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Film, Video Fiction--a conversation with John Updike and Peter Taylor Former supplied title: LC performance. Interview. John Updike and Peter Taylor / Conversation with John Updike and Peter Taylor

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Title

  • Fiction--a conversation with John Updike and Peter Taylor

Other Title

  • Former supplied title: LC performance. Interview. John Updike and Peter Taylor
  • Conversation with John Updike and Peter Taylor

Summary

  • John Updike and Peter Taylor read from and discuss their work. The conversation is moderated by James Dickey. Taylor reads his short story, The elect; and Updike reads his short story, Harv is plowing now.

Names

  • Geesey, George, 1933- direction
  • McKnight, Carolyn, production
  • Updike, John
  • Taylor, Peter, 1917-1994
  • Dickey, James
  • WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
  • Library of Congress
  • Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund

Created / Published

  • United States : WETA, 1967.

Headings

  • -  Fiction

Genre

  • Literary readings
  • Nonfiction television programs

Notes

  • -  Participants: John Updike, Peter Taylor.
  • -  Moderator: James Dickey.
  • -  Exact date of broadcast unknown. The epsiode aired sometime between November of 1967 and May of 1968.
  • -  Recorded on November 13, 1967 in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
  • -  Peter Taylor and John Updike reading and discussing their fiction in the Coolidge Auditorium, Nov. 13, 1967 M/B/RS Recorded Sound Section.
  • -  Sources used: LC-ILS record for Peter Taylor and John Updike reading and discussing their fiction in the Coolidge Auditorium, Nov. 13, 1967 (https://lccn.loc.gov/95770058); Library of Congress Information bulletin, v. 27, no. 1, January 4, 1968, p. 214, viewed online, May 3, 2019 via the HathiTrust Digital Library.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (60 min.) : sd., b&w.

Source Collection

  • LC Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019600432

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Geesey, George, Direction, John Updike, Peter Taylor, James Dickey, Weta-Tv, Library Of Congress, and Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund. Fiction--a conversation with John Updike and Peter Taylor. produceds by Mcknight, Carolynuction United States: WETA, 1967. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2019600432/.

APA citation style:

Geesey, G., Updike, J., Taylor, P., Dickey, J., Weta-Tv, Library Of Congress & Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund. (1967) Fiction--a conversation with John Updike and Peter Taylor. McKnight, C., prod United States: WETA. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2019600432/.

MLA citation style:

Geesey, George, Direction, et al. Fiction--a conversation with John Updike and Peter Taylor. prod by Mcknight, Carolynuction United States: WETA, 1967. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2019600432/>.