"I've been asked all over America . . . why Mississippi is so distinctive. You know, we have our failings, but we're coming along all right. But as to why Mississippi is so artistic and athletic I always say there is something in the quality of two things: memory . . . and the sour-mash bourbon."
During the three decades since the London Sunday Times trumpeted North Toward Home as "the finest evocation of an American boyhood since Mark Twain," southerner Willie Morris (1934-1999) wrote seventeen other books, including a second well-received volume of autobiography. Throughout his lengthy literary career, which began when he contributed his first sports column to a local newspaper at the age of twelve, he attained national prominence as a journalist, nonfiction writer, novelist, editor, and essayist.
In Conversations with Willie Morris, the first collection of interviews and profiles devoted to this American author, Jack Bales compiles twenty-five fascinating and incisive conversations (some never before published) with a man who for over forty years confronted the turbulent issues of his generation. "I have no alternative to words," Morris occasionally replied when asked about his far-reaching career. And throughout his life he unceasingly spoke out on matters that concerned him, writing at various times with outrage, humor, sadness, and affection -- but always with passion and candor.
The diverse topics covered in this collection reflect the scope of Morris's wide-ranging interests. As he speaks with journalists, public radio and television hosts, social historians, and even a professional comedian, he candidly discusses his own life and literary career, sports, other authors, the 1960s, politics, the Civil War, dogs, the complexities of race relations, and, of course, the South and his beloved Mississippi.
After reviewing the author's Homecomings some ten years ago, a Boston Globe writer concluded, "There's damn fine life left in this man's prose." As is evident by Willie Morris's eighteen books, countless essays, and the insightful profiles and interviews gathered here, there is little doubt that this man's prose will be remembered as fresh, lively, and thought-provoking.
Jack Bales, the author of Kenneth Roberts, Esther Forbes: A Bio-Bibliography of the Author of Johnny Tremain, and other books, has written extensively on Willie Morris. He is the reference and humanities librarian at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, VA.
Other books by and about Willie Morris
Remembering Willie
North Toward Home
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Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good ++. B/W Photograph (frontispiece) (illustratore). First Edition. Willie W. Morris was born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1934. Even in his youth as a writer in Texas he ruffled feathers with his views on such issues as censorship and segregation. Read more about : Norman Mailer, Greyhound bus, Satartia, JoAnne Prichard, Seth Morehead, poor whites, echoes of erudition, Old Miss, and `North Toward Home'. Life chronology follows Table of Contents. UNillustrated These 207 pages - index at back - gather together the thoughts of over 20 writers and colleagues - among them : John Griffin Jones, Studs Terkel, and Rebecca Bain. Cond : Paper wrapper is brown with black lettering. Square, tight, and bright. No names nor marks. Clean. Minimal wear. Quote (p. 136) : " He's a big Little League coach, and for years he had been after me to write a prayer for the opening of the Little Leagye season and to throw out the ball at the first game. I kept putting it off for years, and finally my wife and I were coming ._._._. .' Size: 8vo. Codice articolo 011714
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