jane smiley

Author Jane Smiley captivates the audience as she attributes the success of her Pulitzer-Prize winning novel, “A Thousand Acres” to the lessons she learned from “Uncle Bill,” as in William Shakespeare and his play, King Lear. In this interview with veteran journalist Dean Nelson, Smiley describes her compulsion to write and urges other writers to follow their own passions and not be too hard on themselves, as most early drafts are terrible. “Everyone has a story to tell if they want to tell it,” she says, while offering advice on how to push through the barriers that often limit aspiring novelists. Smiley is presented by the 2018 Writer’s Symposium by the Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Humanities] [Show ID: 32690]

Author Jane Smiley captivates the audience as she attributes the success of her Pulitzer-Prize winning novel, “A Thousand Acres” to the lessons she learned from “Uncle Bill,” as in William Shakespeare and his play, King Lear. In this interview with veteran journalist Dean Nelson, Smiley describes her compulsion to write and urges other writers to follow their own passions and not be too hard on themselves, as most early drafts are terrible. “Everyone has a story to tell if they want to tell it,” she says, while offering advice on how to push through the barriers that often limit aspiring novelists. Smiley is presented by the 2018 Writer’s Symposium by the Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Humanities] [Show ID: 32690]

Jane Smiley is the author of several critically acclaimed and popular novels, including “The Age of God,” “The Greenlanders,” “Ordinary Love and Good Will,” “A Thousand Acres” (winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award), “Horse Heaven,” “Good Faith” and the new young-adult novel “The Georges and the Jewels” (Knopf). She has also written for The New Yorker, Horseman, Harper’s, The Nation and others. In 2001 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters and in 2006 received the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. She was a fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts in 1978 and 1987. Smiley’s new novel for adults is “Private Life” (Knopf). She lives in California.

Jane Smiley's "A Thousand Acres" has long been compared to Shakespeare's "King Lear." Jane Smiley and UC Davis Professor Gina Bloom, discuss the different issues presented when staging Shakespeare in contemporary times. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Humanities] [Show ID: 15585]

Jane Smiley's "A Thousand Acres" has long been compared to Shakespeare's "King Lear." Jane Smiley and UC Davis Professor Gina Bloom, discuss the different issues presented when staging Shakespeare in contemporary times. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Humanities] [Show ID: 15585]

Jane Smiley's "A Thousand Acres" has long been compared to Shakespeare's "King Lear." Jane Smiley and UC Davis Professor Gina Bloom, discuss the different issues presented when staging Shakespeare in contemporary times. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Humanities] [Show ID: 15585]

Jane Smiley's "A Thousand Acres" has long been compared to Shakespeare's "King Lear." Jane Smiley and UC Davis Professor Gina Bloom, discuss the different issues presented when staging Shakespeare in contemporary times. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Humanities] [Show ID: 15585]