Passion and Craft – CONVERSATIONS WITH NOTABLE WRITERS Lyons Oliver Paperback

Passion and CraftCONVERSATIONS with NOTABLE WRITERS\nAuthor(s): Bonnie Lyons, Bill Oliver\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252066870, 978-0252066870\nSynopsis\n The twelve contemporary fiction writers interviewed in Passion and \n Craft go beyond the merely autobiographical, revealing that, despite\ntheir differences, they share passionate devotion and discipline for their\ncraft.\nIncluded are Richard Ford, winner in 1995 of both the Pulitzer Prize\nand the PEN/Faulkner Award; Gina Berriault, 1997 winner of the National\nBook Critics Circle Award; Bobbie Ann Mason; T. Coraghessan Boyle; Rick\nBass; Leonard Michaels; Christopher Tilghman; Thom Jones; Julia Alvarez;\nAndre Dubus; Jayne Anne Phillips; and Tobias Wolff.\nTheir comments will interest readers devoted to their novels and stories,\nother writers, and aspiring writers.