Parting the Curtains: Interviews With Southern Writers

By Dannye Romine Powell

Book Overview

As a group, Southern writers have long contributed, perhaps more than any other group, to American literature. In this collection of intelligent and candid interviews, Powell reveals a trove of fascinating and intimate details about the lives and works of such Southern literary luminaries as Eudora Welty, Pat Conroy, Walker Percy, William Styron, and Alex Haley.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895871165
• ISBN13: 9780895871169
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Blair
• Length: 353 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Interviews and Pictures

This book covers many authors over different periods in their careers. You feel like you are in the room with them. The most outstanding element is the photo of Shelby Foote smiling. To my knowledge no picture of the man with a smile on his face has ever been published. This may seem trivial, but if you are a fan of Shelby Foote, you know he makes a point of not smiling for photographs. This is a good book with great insight into the minds of many Southern writers.