Interview with Mark Lamoureux
Date9 April 2026
Mediumborn digital audio file
DimensionsDuration: 55 Minutes, 47 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineCommunity History Project Collection
DescriptionAudio file of interview with Mark Lamoureux. He was interviewed by Robert P Terentieff on April 9, 2026 in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Mark Lamoureux was interviewed as part of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History's Community History Project discussing moments of change in his life.
In this interview, Professor Mark Lamoureux shares his experiences as a writer, educator, and parent, discussing how these roles have influenced his personal and professional life. Lamoureux explores the concept of change, describing the birth of his daughter as a transformative event that shifted his focus from achieving external success as a writer to valuing his role as a parent.
He reflects on his graduate school experience, questioning the practicality and impact of MFA programs on writing careers. He emphasizes the importance of internal validation over traditional success measures and discusses how teaching has informed his parenting approach and vice versa. His evolving creative interests now include visual arts and photography, which are areas where he feels renewed enthusiasm and freedom from established communities.
Mark Lamoureux was interviewed as part of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History's Community History Project discussing moments of change in his life.
In this interview, Professor Mark Lamoureux shares his experiences as a writer, educator, and parent, discussing how these roles have influenced his personal and professional life. Lamoureux explores the concept of change, describing the birth of his daughter as a transformative event that shifted his focus from achieving external success as a writer to valuing his role as a parent.
He reflects on his graduate school experience, questioning the practicality and impact of MFA programs on writing careers. He emphasizes the importance of internal validation over traditional success measures and discusses how teaching has informed his parenting approach and vice versa. His evolving creative interests now include visual arts and photography, which are areas where he feels renewed enthusiasm and freedom from established communities.
Object number2024.79.32
NotesSubject Note: The Connecticut Museum of Culture and History’s Community History Project (CHP) is a public-facing initiative, focused on contemporary collecting, gathering items of the recent past as well as from events happening today. This program developed community historians to identify, document, and preserve their experiences as residents of Connecticut, and to share these experiences during a series of community presentations. The project focused on the theme "Redefining Moments of Change." Conneticans share stories of people or events who have changed their lives or how they have sparked change in the lives of others.Cataloging Note: Digitization and access to this collection is supported by a Congressionally Directed grant through the U.S. Department of Education.
Subject Terms
- Bridgeport
- Oral history
- Interviews
- Oral narratives
- Parents
- Writing
- Publishing
- Poetry
- College students
- Teaching
- Community colleges
- Art
- Education
- ADHD (Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder)
- Interviews and Oral Histories
- Born Digital Audio
- Community History Project U.S. Department of Education grant
- Redefining Moments of Change Collection
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