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The Writer’s Cave

cave-cd-single-coverJohn Lehman’s The Writer’s Cave: Why Writers Write What They Do has seen several incarnations over the last few years. First as a two-part essay in Rosebud issues 39 & 40. Then as a two-person theatrical piece presented last year in Madison’s Frederic March Play Circle as part of the Wisconsin Book Festival. This summer Lehman went into a recording studio and produced an audio version of The Writer’s Cave, now available on CD. It’s Lehman’s own voice sharing his homebrew memoir and writer’s handbook, with fascinating forays into film criticism (touching on Orson Welles and Ingmar Bergman) and literary biography (about the great Wisconsin poet Lorine Niedecker).

Here’s an audio sample from The Writer’s Cave:

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  1. John

    Fantastic, Bob. Thanks so much for putting this up. I think it is some of my best material. Hope others will get a kick out of it too. John

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  2. The Writer’s Cave (CD) « Rosebud Book Reviews

    […] The Writer’s Cave is a dramatic presentation by poet/writer/playwright John Lehman. It is full of true examples of how the creative process works, including such examples as a first-hand encounter with Orson Welles and the inside story of the book, America’s Greatest Unknown Poet: Lorine Niedecker. And, don’t miss an application of eight stages of writing to a strange short story that takes place in Madison. Presented as a one-person show in different parts of the country The Writer’s Cave is a studio-recorded, one hour CD that if fun to listen to and will change the way you think of writing. For a review and sample of the audio, click https://coffeespew.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/the-writers-cave/. […]

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