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Though a well-regarded physicist Carl Sagan is best-known as a writer of popular nonfiction and science fiction and as the host of the series Cosmos. In interviews and profiles, Sagan discusses with verve a wide variety of topics - the environment, nuclear disarmament, religion, politics, extraterrestrial life, astronomy, physics, robotics.

Across two decades of intense creativity, David Foster Wallace (1962-2008) crafted a remarkable body of work that ranged from unclassifiable essays, to a book about transfinite mathematics, to vertiginous fictions. Whether through essay volumes (A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Consider the Lobster), short story collections (Girl with Curious Hair, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Oblivion), or his novels (Infinite Jest, The Broom of the System), the luminous qualities of Wallace's work recalibrated our measures of modern literary achievement. Conversations with David Foster Wallace gathers twenty-two interviews and profiles that trace the arc of Wallace's career, shedding light on his omnivorous talent.Jonathan Franzen has argued that, for Wallace, an interview provided a formal enclosure in which the writer "e;could safely draw on his enormous native store of kindness and wisdom and expertise."e; Wallace's interviews create a wormhole in which an author's private theorizing about art spill into the public record. Wallace's best interviews are vital extra-literary documents, in which we catch him thinking aloud about his signature concerns--irony's magnetic hold on contemporary language, the pale last days of postmodernism, the delicate exchange that exists between reader and writer. At the same time, his acute focus moves across MFA programs, his negotiations with religious belief, the role of footnotes in his writing, and his multifaceted conception of his work's architecture. Conversations with David Foster Wallace includes a previously unpublished interview from 2005, and a version of Larry McCaffery's influential Review of Contemporary Fiction interview with Wallace that has been expanded with new material drawn from the original raw transcript.

Presents fourteen interviews that cover the prolific and rich career of author Jerome Charyn (b. 1937). Four of the interviews appear in English for the first time, and two interviews appear here in print for the first time as well.

Over the course of the twenty-one interviews included in the volume, Billy Collins discusses such topics as discovering his persona; why poetry is so loved by children but often met with anxiety by high school students; and his experience composing a poem to be recited during a joint session of Congress on the first anniversary of 9/11.

Over the course of the twenty-one interviews included in the volume, Billy Collins discusses such topics as discovering his persona; why poetry is so loved by children but often met with anxiety by high school students; and his experience composing a poem to be recited during a joint session of Congress on the first anniversary of 9/11.

Besides being one of America's most celebrated living authors, George Saunders is also an excellent interview subject. In the fourteen interviews included in this volume, covering nearly twenty years of his career, the Booker Prize-winning author provides insight into his writing process and craft, alongside nuanced interpretations of his own work.

Besides being one of America's most celebrated living authors, George Saunders is also an excellent interview subject. In the fourteen interviews included in this volume, covering nearly twenty years of his career, the Booker Prize-winning author provides insight into his writing process and craft, alongside nuanced interpretations of his own work.

Diane di Prima 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. This volume presents twenty interviews ranging from 1972 to 2010 that chart di Prima's intellectual, spiritual, and political evolution.

Diane di Prima 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. This volume presents twenty interviews ranging from 1972 to 2010 that chart di Prima's intellectual, spiritual, and political evolution.

Although recognized for founding National Review, hosting television's Firing Line, and being one of the principal architects of the American conservative movement, William F. Buckley Jr. (1925-2008) was also a prominent literary figure. Conversations with William F. Buckley Jr. features interviews from 1970 to 2005, in which Buckley holds court on a variety of subjects.

Brings together eighteen interviews with a world-renowned fiction writer. Ranging from his 1994 literary debut, Fishing the Sloe-Black River, to a previously unpublished interview conducted in 2016, these interviews represent the development as well as the continuation of McCann's interests.

The interviews contained in Conversations with Dave Eggers suggest the range of Eggers's pursuits - a range that is reflected in the variety of the interviews themselves. To read the interviews in sequence is to witness Eggers's rapid evolution.

The interviews contained in Conversations with Dave Eggers suggest the range of Eggers's pursuits - a range that is reflected in the variety of the interviews themselves. To read the interviews in sequence is to witness Eggers's rapid evolution.

The famously private Sam Shepard gave a significant number of interviews over the course of his public life, and the interviewers who respected his boundaries found him to be forthcoming on a wide range of topics. The selected interviews here begin in 1969 when Shepard was twenty-six and end in 2016, eighteen months before his death.

The famously private Sam Shepard gave a significant number of interviews over the course of his public life, and the interviewers who respected his boundaries found him to be forthcoming on a wide range of topics. The selected interviews here begin in 1969 when Shepard was twenty-six and end in 2016, eighteen months before his death.

The first collection of interviews with the groundbreaking Choctaw author, whose genre-bending works take place in the US Southeast, Oklahoma, and beyond American borders to bring Native American characters and themes to the global stage.

The first collection of interviews with the groundbreaking Choctaw author, whose genre-bending works take place in the US Southeast, Oklahoma, and beyond American borders to bring Native American characters and themes to the global stage.

These conversations with Russell Banks span a period of over thirty years, from 1976 with the publication of his first novel, Family Life, and his first collection of short stories, to 2008 with The Reserve. Most date from the late 1990s on when Banks became 'Hollywood's Hottest New Property'.

These interviews expose the remarkable consistency of Steve Erickson's vision over time while simultaneously capturing the new threads that appear in his later fiction as they emerge in his thought. This volume will deepen readers' understanding of how Erickson's books work - and why this utterly singular writer deserves greater attention.

These interviews expose the remarkable consistency of Steve Erickson's vision over time while simultaneously capturing the new threads that appear in his later fiction as they emerge in his thought. This volume will deepen readers' understanding of how Erickson's books work - and why this utterly singular writer deserves greater attention.

An outspoken advocate for the oppressed and exploited, Angela Davis has written extensively about the intersections between race, class, and gender; Black liberation; and the US prison system. This volume explores Davis's role as an educator, scholar, and activist who continues to engage in important and significant social justice work.

An outspoken advocate for the oppressed and exploited, Angela Davis has written extensively about the intersections between race, class, and gender; Black liberation; and the US prison system. This volume explores Davis's role as an educator, scholar, and activist who continues to engage in important and significant social justice work.

Offers a unique glimpse into the creative process of a major American poet, writer, editor, anthologist, and teacher. The volume probes in depth Donald Hall's evolving views on poetry, poets, and the creative process over a period of more than sixty years.

Offers a unique glimpse into the creative process of a major American poet, writer, editor, anthologist, and teacher. The volume probes in depth Donald Hall's evolving views on poetry, poets, and the creative process over a period of more than sixty years.

Presents the first collection of interviews with the poet and public intellectual, covering every stage of his busy, polymathic career. The twenty-two collected interviews increase our understanding of Gioia's poetry and poetics, offer aesthetic pleasure in themselves, and provide a personal encounter with a writer who has made poetry matter.

Presents the first collection of interviews with the poet and public intellectual, covering every stage of his busy, polymathic career. The twenty-two collected interviews increase our understanding of Gioia's poetry and poetics, offer aesthetic pleasure in themselves, and provide a personal encounter with a writer who has made poetry matter.

Jay Parini (b. 1948) is best known for his novel about Leo Tolstoy's last year, The Last Station, but he has also published numerous volumes of poetry; biographies of William Faulkner, Robert Frost, and John Steinbeck; novels; and literary and cultural criticism. This book contains the most important interviews with Parini.

Spanning from the debut of A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway in 1959 to her early death from cancer in January 1965, Lorraine Hansberry's short stint in the public eye changed the landscape of American theatre. Conversations with Lorraine Hansberry is the first volume to collect all of her substantive interviews in one place.

Spanning from the debut of A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway in 1959 to her early death from cancer in January 1965, Lorraine Hansberry's short stint in the public eye changed the landscape of American theatre. Conversations with Lorraine Hansberry is the first volume to collect all of her substantive interviews in one place.

The poetry of John Berryman (1914-1972) is primarily concerned with the self in response to the rapid social, political, sexual, racial, and technological transformations of the twentieth century. Collected in here are all of Berryman's major interviews, personality pieces, profiles, and local interest items.