Speaking of the short story
Subtitle: interviews with contemporary writers
By: edited by Farhat Iftekharuddin, Mary Rohrberger, and Maurice Lee.
Contributors: Iftekharuddin, Farhat.; Rohrberger, Mary.; Lee, Maurice Angus, 1938-
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi; Univ Pr of Mississippi
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Short stories, American -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Short stories, Commonwealth (English) -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Short stories, Latin American -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Authors, Latin American -- 20th century -- Interviews.; Authors, Commonwealth -- 20th century -- Interviews.; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Interviews.; Short story.
Description: Here twenty-one interviews (eighteen with contemporary writers and three with scholars of the short story) reveal the demanding and exhilarating requirements the short story imposes upon its practitioners. Although amateurs delight in writing stories, form proves to demand a master touch, like that of the interviewees.
Notes: Interviews conducted in June 1994 during the Third International Conference on the Short Story in English.
Includes index.