The storied South
Subtitle: voices of writers and artists
By: William Ferris
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781469607542
Subjects: Literary collections; American literature
Description: "Features the voices ... of twenty-six of the most luminous artists and thinkers in the American cultural firmament, from Eudora Welty, Pete Seeger, and Alice Walker to William Eggleston, Bobby Rush, and C. Vann Woodward ... drawn from one-on-one interviews conducted by folklorist William Ferris over the past forty years"--Dust jacket flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, discography, filmography, and index.
Table of contents: title: WRITERS; title: Eudora Welty; title: Ernest Gaines; title: Robert Penn Warren; title: Alice Walker; title: Alex Haley; title: Margaret Walker; title: Sterling Brown; title: SCHOLARS; title: Cleanth Brooks; title: John Blassingame; title: Charles Seeger; title: John Dollard; title: C. Vann Woodward; title: MUSICIANS; title: Bobby Rush; title: Pete Seeger; title: PHOTOGRAPHERS; title: Walker Evans; title: William Christenberry; title: William Eggleston; title: PAINTERS; title: Sam Gilliam; title: Ed McGowin; title: Benny Andrews; title: Carroll Cloar; title: Rebecca Davenport; title: William Dunlap; title: Maud Gatewood; title: George Wardlaw; title: Julien Binford.