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Conversations with Diane Di Prima
Av David Stephen Calonne, David Stephen Calonne
Häftad, 2022
384 kr
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Diane di Prima (1934–2020) was one of the most important American poets of the twentieth century, and her career is distinguished by strong contributions to both literature and social justice. Di Prima and LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) edited The Floating Bear (1962–69), one of the most significant …
Conversations with Sam Shepard
Av Jackson R. Bryer, Jackson R. Bryer m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
380 kr
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A prolific playwright, Sam Shepard (1943–2017) wrote fifty-six produced plays, for which he won many awards, including a Pulitzer Prize. He was also a compelling, Oscar-nominated film actor, appearing in scores of films. Shepard also published eight books of prose and poetry and was a director …
Conversations with John a. Williams
Inbunden, 2018
1334 kr
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One of the most prolific African American authors of his time, John A. Williams (1925-2015) made his mark as a journalist, educator, and writer. Having worked for Newsweek, Ebony, and Jet magazines, Williams went on to write twelve novels and numerous works of nonfiction. A vital link between the …
Conversations with James Salter
Av Jennifer Levasseur, Kevin Rabalais
Häftad, 2018
380 kr
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James Salter (1925-2015) has been known throughout his career as a writer's writer, acclaimed by such literary greats as Susan Sontag, Richard Ford, John Banville, and Peter Matthiessen for his lyrical prose, his insightful and daring explorations of sex, and his examinations of the inner lives of …
Conversations with Norman Mailer
Av Norman Mailer, J. Michael Lennon
Häftad, 1988
354 kr
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Conversations with Maya Angelou
Häftad, 1989
380 kr
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One of so many talents could only be expected to talk superbly, too. Here in over two dozen interviews is the voice of Maya Angelou (1928-2014) telling with strength, warmth, honesty, and dignified pride of her impact upon a difficult world and ultimately of her triumph.She has written poetry and a …
Conversations with Nadine Gordimer
Av Nadine Gordimer, Nancy Topping Bazin m. fl.
Häftad, 1990
354 kr
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Conversations with Nadine Gordimer edited by Nancy Topping Bazin and Marilyn Dallman Seymour Nadine Gordimer is one of the contemporary world's most admired writers of novels and short stories. This volume collects three decades of her interviews. In them she presents her attitudes toward her art …
Conversations with Reynolds Price
Av Reynolds Price, Jefferson Humphries
Häftad, 1991
354 kr
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Conversations with Thornton Wilder
Häftad, 1992
384 kr
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Known today primarily as the author of Our Town, probably America's most beloved and widely produced play, Thornton Wilder is the only writer ever to be honored with Pulitzer Prizes in both fiction and drama. This collection of interviews with Wilder covers the full range of his sixty-year career …
Conversations with Paul Bowles
Av Paul Bowles, Gena Dagel Caponi
Häftad, 1993
354 kr
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For the past forty years, Paul Bowles has answered questions about the autobiographical references in his novels (The Sheltering Sky, Let It Come Down, The Spider's House, and Up Above the World) and about his work as a composer in New York, all the time insisting, ""I don't want anyone to know …
Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris
Av Louise Erdrich, Allan Chavkin m. fl.
Häftad, 1994
354 kr
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Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris, the most prominent writers of Native American descent, collaborate on all their works. In these interviews, conducted both separately and jointly, they discuss how their writing moves from conception to completion and how The Beet Queen, Tracks, A Yellow Raft in …
Conversations with James Salter
Av Jennifer Levasseur, Kevin Rabalais
Inbunden, 2015
1445 kr
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James Salter (1925-2015) has been known throughout his career as a ""writer's writer,"" acclaimed by such literary greats as Susan Sontag, Richard Ford, John Banville, and Peter Matthiessen for his lyrical prose, his insightful and daring explorations of sex, and his examinations of the inner lives …
Conversations with Barry Hannah
Av Barry Hannah, James G. Thomas
Inbunden, 2016
1334 kr
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Between 1972 and 2001, Barry Hannah (1942-2010) published eight novels and four collections of short stories. A master of short fiction, Hannah is considered by many to be one of the most important writers of modern American literature. His writing is often praised more for its unflinching use of …
Conversations with Sterling Plumpp
Av John Zheng
Inbunden, 2016
1445 kr
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Conversations with Sterling Plumpp is the first collection of interviews with the renowned poet of Home/Bass and other much-admired works. Spanning thirty years and drawn from literary and scholarly journals and other media, these interviews offer insights into his poetic innovation of blues and …
Conversations with Andre Dubus
Häftad, 2016
384 kr
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Over three decades, celebrated fiction writer Andre Dubus (1936-1999) published seven collections of short stories, two collections of essays, two collections of previously published stories, two novels, and a novella. While this is an impressive publishing record for any writer, for Dubus, who …
Conversations with Maurice Sendak
Av Maurice Sendak, Peter C. Kunze
Inbunden, 2016
1334 kr
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Maurice Sendak (1928-2012) stands out as one of the most respected, influential authors of the twentieth century. Though primarily known as a children's book writer and illustrator, he did not limit himself to these areas. He saw himself first and foremost as an artist. In this collection of …
Conversations with Maurice Sendak
Häftad, 2018
351 kr
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Maurice Sendak (1928-2012) stands out as one of the most respected, influential authors of the twentieth century. Though primarily known as a children's book writer and illustrator, he did not limit himself to these areas. He saw himself first and foremost as an artist. In this collection of …
Conversations with Robert Stone
Inbunden, 2016
1445 kr
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Ever since A Hall of Mirrors depicted the wild side of New Orleans in the 1960s, Robert Stone (1937-2015) has situated novels where America has shattered and the action is at a pitch. In Dog Soldiers, he covered the Vietnam War and drug smuggling. A Flag for Sunrise captured revolutionary …
Conversations with Ron Rash
Av Mae Miller Claxton, Rain Newcomb
Inbunden, 2017
1445 kr
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Since the publication of Serena in 2008 earned him a nomination for the PEN/Faulkner fiction prize, Ron Rash (b. 1953) has gained attention as one of the South's finest writers. Rash draws upon his family's history in Appalachia, where most members have worked with their hands as farmers or …
Conversations with Stanley Kunitz
Häftad, 2016
384 kr
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He again tops the crowd - he surpasses himself, the old iron brought to the white heat of simplicity."" That's what Robert Lowell said of the poetry of Stanley Kunitz (1905-2006) and his evolving artistry. The interviews and conversations contained in this volume derive from four decades of …
Conversations with Michael Chabon
Häftad, 2016
354 kr
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Since the publication of his first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, launched him to fame, Michael Chabon (b. 1963) has become one of contemporary literature's most acclaimed novelists by pursuing his singular vision across all boundaries of genre and medium. A firm believer that reading even the …
Conversations with William Gibson
Häftad, 2016
384 kr
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After reading Neuromancer for the first time, literary scholar Larry McCaffery wrote, ""I knew I had seen the future of [science fiction] (and maybe of literature in general), and its name was William Gibson."" McCaffery was right. Gibson's 1984 debut is one of the most celebrated SF novels of the …
Conversations with Vladimir Nabokov
Av Robert Golla
Inbunden, 2017
1445 kr
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This volume brings together candid, revealing interviews with one of the twentieth century’s master prose writers. Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977) was a Russian American scientist, poet, translator, and professor of literature. Critics throughout the world celebrated him for developing the luminous …
Conversations with Gary Snyder
Inbunden, 2017
1445 kr
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Gary Snyder (b. 1930) is one of the most distinguished American poets, remarkable both for his long and productive career and for his equal contributions to literature and environmental thought. His childhood in the Pacific Northwest profoundly shaped his sensibility due to his contact with Native …
Conversations with Edwidge Danticat
Inbunden, 2017
1445 kr
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This volume sheds a much-needed light on Edwidge Danticat (b. 1969) and her ability to depict timely issues in sparkling prose that delves deep into the borderlands, an uncharted in-between space located outside fixed geographic, cultural, and ideological bounds. Prevalent throughout many …
Conversations with Colum McCann
Av Earl G. Ingersoll, Mary C. Ingersoll
Inbunden, 2017
1445 kr
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Conversations with Colum McCann brings together eighteen interviews with a world-renowned fiction writer. Ranging from his 1994 literary debut, Fishing the Sloe-Black River, to a new and unpublished interview conducted in 2016, these interviews represent the development as well as the continuation …
Conversations with Toni Cade Bambara
Häftad, 2017
380 kr
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Conversations with Toni Cade Bambara reveals an artist and activist whose work deftly negotiates boundaries of feminism, nationalism, and film. The intimacy of these collaborations or conversations between Bambara (1939-1995) and her interviewers provides an excellent and necessary resource for …
Conversations with Edmund White
Av Will Brantley, Nancy McGuire Roche
Inbunden, 2017
1445 kr
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Conversations with Edmund White brings together twenty-one interviews with an author known for chronicling gay culture. Ranging from a 1982 discussion of his early works to a new and unpublished interview conducted in 2016, these interviews highlight White’s predilections, his major achievements, …
Conversations with Percival Everett
Häftad, 2017
380 kr
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For the first eighteen years of his career, Percival Everett (b. 1956) managed to fly under the radar of the literary establishment. He followed his artistic vision down a variety of unconventional paths, including his preference for releasing his books through independent publishers. But with the …
