Literature with local ties | Vox Magazine

Literature with local ties | Vox Magazine

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  1/12/2016 Literature withlocal ties | Vox Magazine http://www.voxmagazine.com/2015/07/literature-with-local-ties/ 1/5 ADVERTISEMENT Home VoxTalk Restaurant Guide Calendar Video Marijuana in Missouri HOME NEWS FOOD & DRINK ARTS & POP CULTURE VOX MAGAZINE SEARCH OUR SITE Literature with local ties 85 years of critically acclaimed writers PHOTO COURTESY OF CONDESIGN/PIXABAY BY TAYLOR GRACE OSTROWSKI JULY 16, 2015 1:00 AM Several nationally recognized authors have connections to mid-Missouri. Trudy Lewis, creative writing program director at MU, says the social landscape creates a lively ecosystem. “Columbia is an interesting place because it is where the rural meets the urban because of the university,” Lewis says. “That makes it a place of conflict, and conflict is extremely important when writing a story.” Here are some of the most notable literary works from the past 85 years. 1930. TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, BEAUTY IS THE WORD Tennessee Williams studied journalism at MU for two years starting in 1929. However, he didn’t receive his degree because his father put him to work at the family shoe factory. But Williams loved to write, and his first play, Beauty is the Word, follows a young couple’s adventures during a South Pacific mission and its efforts to stop a rebellion of native people.   CURRENT ISSUE This Issue iPad edition Previous Issues ADVERTISEMENT HOME > ARTS & POP CULTURE > LITERATURE WITH LOCAL TIES ART BOOKS FASHION GAMES MOVIES MUSIC THEATER TVISSUE ARCHIVES THIS ISSUE ABOUT VOX IPAD APP CONTACT US VOX STAFF