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Paperback / softback. New. Interviews with: Doris Betts Fred Chappell Shelby Foote Jesse Hill Ford George Garrett Larry L. King Marion Montgomery Willie Morris Guy Owen Walker Percy Reynolds Price James Whitehead What does it mean to be a Southern writer in the 1970s? What is the nature of today's South and what prospects does it offer a writer? These twelve interviews with writers of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction elicit some thoughtful and revealing answers. Because the interviews were taped, there is a spontaneity that brings forth the personality of each writer and provides a text that is interesting and entertaining as well as instructive. In the first interview with Shelby Foote to appear since the early 1950s, the Mississippi novelist discusses his fiction and extensive writing on Civil War history. A thoughtful conversation with Walker Percy ranges over his three novels and reveals their philosophical roots. Marion Montgomery speaks perceptively about his fiction and…
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Kite-Flying and Other Irrational Acts: Conversations with Twelve Southern Writers Paperback - 1999
by John Carr
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- Title Kite-Flying and Other Irrational Acts: Conversations with Twelve Southern Writers
- Author John Carr
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher LSU Press
- Date 1999-03-01
- Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780807125236 / 0807125237
- Weight 0.97 lbs (0.44 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.67 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.70 cm)
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- Cultural Region: South
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 72079328
- Dewey Decimal Code 810.9
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