Novel Voices

By Theresa Overbey and Jennifer Levasseur

Novel Voices provides a rare glimpse into the writing lives of 15 contemporary award-winning authors. It includes interviews with acclaimed novelists Charles Baxter, Richard Ford, Ernest J. Gaines,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582972478
• ISBN13: 9781582972473
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: F & W Media Inc
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.2" x 6.2"

Customer Reviews

Insights for readers as well as writers

Some collections of writer interviews can get a bit academic, but Novel Voices is a very stimulating read. It includes a diverse range of contemporary American writers, from the difficult (Gass) to the delightful (McCracken), and there are lots of interesting insights to be found here - honest opinions, thoughtful answers and inside information. It made me want to read more, and explore the work of writers with whom I'm less familiar. Highly recommended.

Note to writers: get this one on your shelf

As a writer I'm always curious about knowing how other writers go about their work, how they do what they do. Unfortunately, I think most interviewers don't think so much like writers---they think like readers, fans. And while that's all well and good, it makes for run-of-the-mill exchanges. But this "Novel Voices" is much different. Levassuer and Rabalais not only know a thing or two about writing, they're also very talented interviewers and editors. The writers here give up a remarkable amount of the bare-bones stuff of story telling, writing. It's not the ABC's of writing, not a reference book; the writers contemplate the choices they make during their story making, detail their weaknesses and tell us how they write their stories out of trouble. Good stuff for other writers to think about. The editors also get this from their subects: their generosity. I have my favorite interviews---McCracken and Dubus to name two. But for inspiration, warmth and good common sense, plus perfect edting, read the Bausch interview. Doesn't get better than that one.