AltWeeklies Wire
Q&A with Mary Helen Stefaniak
The novelist discusses the rationale behind the braided structure of The Turk and My Mother, identifies her muse, explains how and why she lives in both Omaha and Iowa City, and, when asked whether she has any tattoos, crafts the most enigmatic one-word response imaginable.
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-06-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Q&A with Faith Adiele
Faith Adiele attempts to summarize her spiritual journey in the form of a koan; discusses the ways in which her memoir's intended audience has differed from the audience it has found; and tells a story about how close she came to getting a tattoo inspired by a Nigerian pattern.
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-06-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Q&A with Edmund White
The celebrated author Edmund White discusses the source of his inspiration for Fanny: A Fiction, explains how he was able to write from the perspective of a radical 19th-century social critic; and discloses the things he fears and the things that bring him joy.
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-06-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Edmund White, Fanny: A Fiction
Q&A with Bob Edwards
XM Satellite Radio host Bob Edwards discusses his new biography of the pioneering broadcast journalist; assesses Murrow's legacy and continuing relevance; and identifies three questions he would ask Murrow if the late newsman was still alive and agreed to appear on Edwards' show.
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-06-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Q&A with Charles Baxter
The author Charles Baxter discusses the inspiration for Saul and Patsy, his most recent novel; his strategy for handling literary acclaim; the last book he read that he would recommend; his greatest fear and joy, and his musical tastes.
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-06-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Saul and Patsy, Charles Baxter
Q&A with Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
The National Book Award finalist discusses the genesis of her dreamy, allegorical novel, its fabled characters and enigmatic structure; identifies her muses, fears and joys; describes her tastes in food, music, Web sites and reading; and tells why she loves her Brooklyn neighborhood.
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-06-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
A 1970 Race Murder in North Carolina is Recalled
Tim Tyson was 10 years old when a black man was murdered in his hometown for allegedly making a remark to a white man's wife. The accused killers were acquitted by an all-white jury. Tyson, now a professor of Afro-American studies, makes sense of the murder in his new book.
Isthmus |
Ellen Meany |
09-07-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Blood Done Sign My Name, Tim Tyson
Story of Jewish Family's Flight to Kenya Comes Out in English
The best-selling German author of "Nowhere in Africa" discusses the long-awaited publication of her book's first English translation, her assessment of the Academy Award-winning movie adaptation and her life now, in the wake of acclaim.
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
06-10-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nowhere in Africa, Stefanie Zweig
Sequel to Acclaimed "Plainsong" Is Even Better
The lives on display in "Eventide" feel utterly true. It is a painful and beautiful novel.
