The HistoryMakers video oral history with Terry McMillan.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 27 min., 41 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2002.038 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | McMillan, Terry, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Terry McMillan |
| Portion of title | Terry McMillan |
| Abstract | Writer Terry McMillan was born October 18, 1951 in Port Huron, Michigan. She received her B.A. degree in journalism in 1977 from the University of California, Berkeley. McMillan's first book, Mama, was published in 1987 after she took control of the book's publicity. McMillan wrote letters to bookstores, black organizations and universities asking them to promote her book. This unique marketing approach proved successful. McMillan received several offers for book readings and six weeks after Mama was published, it went into its third printing. McMillan followed with the novel Disappearing Acts. Her third novel, Waiting to Exhale, was adapted into a successful film, in addition spending months on the New York Times bestseller list. How Stella Got Her Groove Back, an instant bestseller, was also made into a hit film. McMillan also wrote A Day Late and a Dollar Short, The Interruption to Everything and Getting to Happy. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer | Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Danville, California 2002 March 27. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2002.038 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |