Real acting means being engaged in relationship with others, which includes collaboration, teamwork, and self empowerment says Lincoln Land Community College Theatre Professor Mark Hardiman, and this thought underscores both parts of our May 2010 video interview with him. In Part One, Hardiman reflects on his own development as actor, director, writer, and he discusses… Read More Mark Hardiman Interview Part One and Two

Chicago poet and songwriter Heather Styka performs original works for Professor Deborah Brothers Lit 110 (Intro to Poetry) course at Lincoln Land Community College on April 14, 2010. In this section, viewers will hear part of her song Clementine, from the album Travel and Teacups and two poems, Litany for the Misplaced and Jane Hawking… Read More Poet/Musician Heather Styka Classroom Visit Part 1 and Part 2

Peggy and John Knoepfle visit Professor Deborah Brothers’ Introduction to Poetry course on March 25, 2010, at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Illinois. The couple has been married more than fifty years, and as they read from published and unpublished works, they also discuss their writing processes and individual writerly visions, and they talk… Read More Peg and John Knoepfle Class Visit–Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3

The second of a two-part interview with Joanna Beth Tweedy, editor, writer, and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Benedictine University in Springfield, Illinois. Tweedy discusses the international literary journal Quiddity, of which she is founding editor and public radio program host. The journal is published twice a year and the radio program, which features… Read More Joanna Beth Tweedy Interview Part 2