Donald Morrill reading, Live From Prairie Lights, April 01, 2004

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Title	Donald Morrill reading, Live From Prairie Lights, April 01, 2004
Creator	Morrill, Donald, 1955-
Contributor	Englander, Julie
Publisher	WSUI 910 AM (Radio station : Iowa City, Iowa)
Date Original	2004-04-01
Description	Donald Morrill reads a selection from his memoir entitled The Untouched Minutes. Morrill briefly explains the book, pointing out that it is based on a home intrusion that he and his wife experienced in the middle of the night in 2001. Morrill explains that the book is written in both 1st and 3rd person; the 3rd person sections concern world events and their relation to the intrusion. During a question and answer session, Morrill discusses “Gregory”, the fictional name that Morrill’s wife gave to the intruder. When asked if Morrill has forgiven “Gregory” for his crime, Morrill replies that “forgiveness requires a huge amount of effort—a huge psychic investment.” He also goes on to compare and contrast the ways that he and his wife have dealt with the event, claiming that “there are very distinct differences in the way that genders respond to these situations.” When asked why Morrill chose to write about such a traumatic event, he responds, “Writers have the belief that writing can give you control over situations.” He does point out, however, that the personal essay aspect of the book seemed “self-indulgent,” and thus chose to add the 3rd person sections to the book. He explains that this allowed for both “outside and inside views, kind of like a Möbius strip.” Morrill goes on to discuss his other nonfiction titles, specifically an “immerision journalism” piece written about a group of “abandoned” adolescents that he worked with for a year. Morrill ends by pondering how a writer deals with such emotional material as his home invasion. He points out that it is important for the writer to take a step back and “think aesthetically,” with the understanding that “writing about an event is not the same as living it.”
Note	Live From Prairie Lights was a live public radio program broadcast from Prairie Lights, an independent bookstore in Iowa City, Iowa. The program showcased new and established writers from around the world.
Venue	Prairie Lights Bookstore
Keywords	memoir, personal essay, nonfiction, home intrusion, trauma
Topical Subject (LCTGM)	Authors Writing
Topical Subject (LCSH)	Home invasions Nonfiction
Personal Name Subject	Morrill, Donald, 1955-
Geographic Subject	United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City
Chronological Subject	2000-2010
Type (DCMIType)	Sound
Type (AAT)	Broadcasts Dramatic readings
Type (IMT)	mpeg
Duration	00:58:50
Language	English
Digital Collection	Virtual Writing University Archive
Contributing Institution	WSUI 910 AM (Radio station : Iowa City, Iowa) Prairie Lights (Iowa City, Iowa)
Subcollection	Live From Prairie Lights
Rights Management	Educational use only, no other rights given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital object. Commercial use or distribution of the object is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder.
Contact Information	Contact the VWU Webmaster: http://www.writinguniversity.org/index.php/main/info/25/
Digitization Specifications	MP3 mpeg layer 2 audio @ 32kbps derived from archival WAVE files
Date Digital	2008-09-16
File Name	LPL2004_04_01_325-32

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