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Karen Joy Fowler, author and visiting professor at Cornell University- May 10, 2016

By WRFI News Staff

Esther Racoosin spoke with Karen Joy Fowler, author of the novel We Are Completely Beside Ourselves, the 2014 PEN/Faulkner award winner in fiction writing.  She talks about her experience teaching narrative writing to undergraduates at Cornell, the importance of storytelling and the value of the element of surprise in fiction. This interview originally aired on…

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Dr. Teresa Jordan, Exploring potential for geothermal energy in NY-May 3rd, 2016

By WRFI News Staff

Esther Racoosin speaks with Dr. Teresa Jordan of the Cornell University Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences about her studies exploring whether geothermal energy can be sourced from sedimentary rock layers in New York and nearby states.  They also discuss the regions within New York state that would be most favorable for sourcing geothermal energy. …

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Godfrey Simmons directs Eugene O'Neill play

By WRFI News Staff

Charles Dunaway interviews Godfrey Simmons, Artistic Director of Ithaca’s Civic Ensemble.  Godfrey is directing the upcoming production of Eugene O’Neill’s All God’s Chillun Got Wings at the Kiplinger Theatre in the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts at Cornell. For more about Godfrey and the play, listen to the PMA Podcast Interview by Matt Morgan.  

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Godfrey Simmons directs Eugene O’Neill play

By WRFI News Staff

Charles Dunaway interviews Godfrey Simmons, Artistic Director of Ithaca’s Civic Ensemble.  Godfrey is directing the upcoming production of Eugene O’Neill’s All God’s Chillun Got Wings at the Kiplinger Theatre in the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts at Cornell. For more about Godfrey and the play, listen to the PMA Podcast Interview by Matt Morgan.  

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