The Writer As Celebrity: Intimate Interviews - Polak, Maralyn Lois

The Writer As Celebrity: Intimate Interviews by Polak, Maralyn Lois

Format: Trade Paperback

Published by Henry Holt & Co, 1986

Isaac Asimov: Revenge Of The Nerd. Beryl Bainbridge: Her Novels Nail Her Parents To The Wall. John Barth: Can This Be Our Best Writer? Judy Blume: Growing Up With Sex. Robert Bly: Why Do I Write? Why Do You Take A Shower? Erma Bombeck: I Never Asked For Anything. Rita Mae Brown: Life In Rubyfruit Jungle. Art Buchwald: Can Humor Survive Analysis? Susan Cheever: It's All In The Family. Eldridge Cleaver: The New Passion Of Eldridge Cleaver. Shirley Conran: She Wrote A Book She Won't Let Her Own Mother Read. James Dickey: Have A Beer With Your Soul. E.l. Doctorow: Ragtime's E.l. Doctorow Hits Some Sour Notes. Dick Francis: Writing At A Fast Clip. J.p. Donleavy: Tales From The Graveyard. Marilyn French: Not Much Use For Men. Betty Friedan: I'm Not Any Beauty Contest Winner, Says Feminism's Matriarch Emerita. Buckminster Fuuller: From Crackpot To Genius. Charles Fuller: He Grew Up With Words. Paul Fussell: In A Class By Himself.^ Allen Ginsberg: Still Howling After All These Years. Gunter Grass: Between God And Hitler. Bob Greene: America Is His Beat. Germaine Greer: A Satisfied Woman. Mary Heminway: And Now She's Telling Her Story --^ At Least Some Of It. Rona Jaffe: The Torture Academy Stretched Her Mind. Jerzy Kosinski: Not Everyone Is Tolstoy. Maxine Kumin: Ode To A Sad Childhood. Judith Martin: She Concentrates On Manners; It's Too Late For Morals. Bobbile Ann Mason: Kentucky On Her Mind. Tom Mchale: The World's Worst Irishman. William Least Heat Moon: The Irish Osage. Tim O'brien: I Never Thought They'd Send Me To Fight. Toby Olson: The Real Reward Of Writing. Grace Paley: A Gray-haired Little Girl's Short Story. S.j. Perelman: He's Aaaamerica's Lampoonist Laureate. Marge Piercy: Confessions Of A Novelist. Miguel Pinero: Failure As A Criminal, Success As An Artist. Sonia Sanchez: The Muse Used To Stutter. Alexandra Sheedy: She Just Wants To Be Famous. Jean Shepherd: What's Jean Shepherd Got Against Woody Allen? Studs Terkel: He Celebrates The Uncelebrated. Paul Theroux: The English Girl And Other Adventures. Calvin Trillin: Calvin Trillin Is Still Playing With His Food. Andy Warhol: The Pope Of Pop Art. Maralyn Lois Polak. These Interviews Originally Appeared In The Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine--t.p. Verso.