Allan Gurganus, photographed during his term as the Lehman Brady Visiting Joint Chair in Documentary Studies and American Studies at Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill (fall 2004-Spring 2005). Photograph by Christopher Sims.

allan gurganus on the american south
Recorded on November 15, 2009 at CDS

The first ever Listening Institute, a partnership between CDS and the Third Coast International Audio Festival, brought fifty audio/radio producers from across the United States, and several foreign countries, to Durham for three days of intensive listening and discussion. The group listened to audio documentaries submitted by the participants themselves and took part in teaching workshops. For the final Sunday morning session, acclaimed fiction writer Allan Gurganus joined CDS audio program director John Biewen to listen to and reflect on a selection of audio pieces on the American South.

Listen to the recording (1 hour, 10 minutes).

You can also listen to the recording via the CDS iTunes U site (under “CDS Events”).