A Conversation with Phyllis Weliver: Writer, Musicologist, and Professor of Victorian Literature and Culture

Professor Phyllis Weliver discusses her newest book, The Arrow Tree, a creative nonfiction memoir about recovering from long-haul COVID. We discuss a wide range of topics including the shift to creative nonfiction instead of more traditional "scholarly" writing for an academic audience. Professor Weliver delves into a wide array of subjects in this discussion. Some of the topics we cover include the relationship between form and subject in her writing, the role of digital resources play in preserving and disseminating works of literature and other art forms, her extensive musical training growing up on the grounds of the internationally renowned Interlochen Arts Academy, and the role nature plays in healing.

Craft Talks: Part of the St. Louis Literary Award Programs at Saint Louis University