Passion and Craft
Conversations with Notable Writers
In-depth interviews with writers on their craft
Paper – $25
978-0-252-06687-0
Publication Date
Paperback: 01/01/1998
About the Book
Bonnie Lyons and Bill Oliver bring readers twelve wide-ranging interviews with the crème de la crème of late twentieth-century fiction authors. Going beyond autobiography, the authors discuss their craft and methods alongside observations on their evolution as artists. The interviews provide a close-up look at the personal and artistic differences, from T. Coraghessan Boyle’s self-aware hipness to Andre Dubus’s spiritual strength in the face of physical disability to Rick Bass’s commitment to environmental concerns. Richard Ford describes how he takes control over his own material while Gina Berriault, in a rare lengthy interview, speaks movingly about the “gaps and silences” in a woman writer’s life.Interviews: Julia Alvarez, Rick Bass, Gina Berriault, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Andre Dubus, Richard Ford, Thom Jones, Bobbie Ann Mason, Leonard Michaels, Jayne Ann Phillips, Christopher Tilghman, Tobias Wolff
About the Author
Bonnie Lyons is a professor emerita of English at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She is the author of Henry Roth: The Man and His Work. Bill Oliver is the Writing Center Director and a visiting associate professor of English at Washington and Lee University.Related Titles
