Ed McClanahan: Kentucky Muse

Ed McClanahan: Kentucky Muse

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1995

Runtime

1h 55m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Ed McClanahan: Kentucky Muse

Production Companies

Kentucky Educational Television, University of Kentucky

Director

Paul Wagner

Description

Unable or unwilling to conform to the rigid atmosphere of Washington and Lee College as a freshman, Ed bailed out after a brief stint there to attend—and graduate from—Miami of Ohio. After graduate work at UK, he left for the Left Coast, and it suited him just fine. The first stop was a writing instructorship at Oregon State, then enrollment into the Stanford Writing Program, a move shared by Jim, Wendell, and Gurney. There he cultivated, among other things, relationships with Larry McMurtry, Robert Stone, and—most importantly—Ken Kesey. Ed didn’t just experience the 1960s; he wallowed in them. Also, a bonus interview from 1996 program, Signature Live.