Conversations with Raymond CarverThis collection of Raymond Carver¿s interviews reveals him to have been perhaps the premier short-story writer of his generation, a lyric-narrative poet of singular resonance, and a staunch proponent of realistic fiction in the wake of postmodern formalism. The twenty-five conversations gathered here, several available in English for the first time, include craft interviews, biographical portraits, self-analyses, and wide-ranging reflections on the current literary scene. Carver discusses his changing views of his widely influential fiction collections What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (1981), Cathedral (1983), and Where I¿m Calling From (1988). Carver explains how at the height of his fame as a fiction writer he turned to poetry, producing three prize-winning books in as many years. Finally, in the closing months of his life, he talks about the coming of his last triumphant stories, the ones that secured his reputation. |
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Contents
AccoladeWinning Author Returns to Humboldt | 3 |
Raymond Carver Speaking Robert Pope and Lisa McElhinny | 11 |
No Shortcuts to a Good Story | 24 |
Raymond Carver Mona Simpson and Lewis Buzbee | 31 |
Keeping It Short Kay Bonetti | 53 |
Raymond Carver Michiko Miyamoto | 62 |
A Voice from the Wasteland Patricia Morrisroe | 68 |
A Chronicler of BlueCollar Despair | 84 |
Raymond Carver Nicholas OConnell | 133 |
Carvers World Roxanne Lawler | 169 |
Matters of Life and Death William L Stull | 177 |
Raymond Carver and His World | 192 |
Raymond Carver David Applefield | 204 |
An Interview with Raymond Carver | 214 |
PW Interviews Raymond Carver Penelope Moffet | 238 |
Ive Got a Book to Finish Im a Lucky Man Gianni Riotta | 249 |
An Interview with Raymond Carver Larry McCaffery | 98 |
Poetry Poverty and Realism Down in Carver Country | 117 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Conversations with Raymond Carver Literary conversations series, ISSN 1555-7065 |
| Author | Raymond Carver |
| Editors | Marshall Bruce Gentry, William L. Stull |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Univ. Press of Mississippi, 1990 |
| ISBN | 0878054499, 9780878054497 |
| Length | 259 pages |
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