Storytelling and Narrative (4:00)
Al Young: Nature of Language and Silence (3:48)
Al Young: Film and Literature (2:26)
Al Young: Balance of Scene and Summary (2:31)
Al Young: Weaving Scene and Narrative (5:53)
Narrative and Summary (7:07)
Al Young: Scene and Summary in Nonfiction (5:50)
Scene and Summary in "Jasmine" (4:45)
Scene and Summary in "White Oleander" (6:33)
Five Elements of Narrative (7:42)
Example of Time in Narrative (3:03)
Al Young: Verb Tenses and Silences (2:39)
Influence of Roots in One's Writing (8:24)
Displacement and Writers (6:39)
Influences From Family and Place (3:19)
Going Home: Mark Childress (2:12)
Going Home: Olga Carlisle (3:34)
Going Home: Al Young (3:32)
Going Home: Lynn Freed (3:03)
Going Home: James Brown (1:09)
Writer's Lives: Brown and Freed (3:20)
Writers' Lives: Young and Carlisle (2:19)
Compartmentalizing Writers (7:38)
Writing Advice: Childress and Carlisle (3:01)
Writing Advice: Young, Freed, and Brown (4:22)