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Passion and Craft

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The twelve contemporary fiction writers interviewed in Passion and Craft go beyond the merely autobiographical, revealing that, despite their differences, they share passionate devotion and discipline for their craft. Included are Richard Ford, winner in 1995 of both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award; Gina Berriault, 1997 winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award; Bobbie Ann Mason; T. Coraghessan Boyle; Rick Bass; 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.
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.
''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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