Conversations with Kentucky writers

Beattie, L. Elisabeth, 1953- (Added Author). Lippman, Susan. (Added Author). Hall, Wade, 1934- (Added Author).

Summary: Kentucky and Kentuckians are full of stories, which may be why so many present-day writers have Kentucky roots. Whether they left and returned, like Wendell Berry and Bobbie Ann Mason, or adopted Kentucky as home, like James Still and Jim Wayne Miller, or grew up and left for good, like Michael Dorris and Barbara Kingsolver, they have one connection: Kentucky has influenced their writing and their lives. L. Elisabeth Beattie explores this influence in twenty intimate interviews. Conversations with Kentucky Writers was more than three years in the making, as Beattie traveled across the state an.

Record details

ISBN: 0813157161
ISBN: 9780813157160
Physical Description: 1 online resource (412 pages).
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Publisher: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, [1996]
Copyright: ©1996

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents ; General Editor's Preface; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Wendell Berry; Billy C. Clark; Michael Dorris; Leon Driskell; Sue Grafton; James Baker Hall; Wade Hall; Fenton Johnson; Barbara Kingsolver; George Ella Lyon; Bobbie Ann Mason; Taylor McCafferty; Ed McClanahan; Jim Wayne Miller; Sena Jeter Naslund; Marsha Norman; Chris Offutt; Lee Pennington; Betty Layman Receveur; James Still; Index.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.