Listen to their voices
Subtitle: twenty interviews with women who write
By: Mickey Pearlman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Interviews.; Women authors, American -- Interviews.; Authorship.
Description: Following the success of her earlier essay interviews - called a "treasure trove" for writers and readers (Publishers Weekly) - Mickey Pearlman again listens to the voices of women who write. Some, like Grace Paley, Fay Weldon, and Jane Smiley, have numerous admirers. Others - Janette Turner Hospital and Jessica Hagedorn - are just now achieving recognition. And there are highly praised newcomers such as Gish Jen and Connie Porter. Novelists, short-story writers, poets.

And writers of nonfiction - twenty voices in all - talk candidly about childhood, religion, the transformation of memory, and why they chose to write in a particular genre. Their feelings about being classified as "hyphenated writers" (i.e., Chinese- or Japanese-American) are aired, as well as their reactions, both positive and negative, to the world of publishing. Here, in conversations that sometimes surprise the speakers themselves, are the most deeply felt concerns.

And emotions at the heart of the creative process.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.