Passion and Craft

CONVERSATIONS with NOTABLE WRITERS

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

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Beskrivning

The twelve contemporary fiction writers interviewed in Passion and Craft go beyond the merely autobiographical, revealing that, despitetheir differences, they share passionate devotion and discipline for theircraft.Included are Richard Ford, winner in 1995 of both the Pulitzer Prizeand the PEN/Faulkner Award; Gina Berriault, 1997 winner of the NationalBook Critics Circle Award; Bobbie Ann Mason; T. Coraghessan Boyle; RickBass; Leonard Michaels; Christopher Tilghman; Thom Jones; Julia Alvarez;Andre Dubus; Jayne Anne Phillips; and Tobias Wolff.Their comments will interest readers devoted to their novels and stories,other writers, and aspiring writers.

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Utgivningsdatum:1998-02-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt:313 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:University of Illinois Press
ISBN:9780252066870

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"The interviews reveal not only the personalities of authors, but also their approaches to writing fiction, poetry, and memoir, and their struggles to achieve with their pen what they envision in their hearts and heads." -- April Leo, The Bloomsbury Review

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Richard Ford : important acts -- Bobbie Ann Mason : quiet rebellions -- T. Coraghessan Boyle : entertainments and provocations -- Gina Berriault : "Don't I know you?" -- Rick Bass : out of boundaries -- Leonard Michaels : the lyric impulse -- ChristopherTilghman : grappling with the holy mysteries -- Thom Jones : a way of feeling better -- Julia Alvarez : "A clean windshield" -- Andre Dubus : "Passion is better" -- Jayne Anne Phillips : the mystery of language -- Tobias Wolff : citizens and outlaws.