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This collection, selected from more than 140 interviews Gardner granted, presents a wealth of information on the life and art of one of America's foremost novelists. These interviews show him as a novelist, a charismatic teacher of creative writing, and a widely published scholar who... read more

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CARBONDALE, ILL.—If you drive 10 or 20 miles from the University of Southern Illinois where John Gardner teaches medieval literature, you arrive in the green rugged foothills of the Illinois Ozarks.

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This book is in Literary Conversations. (publisher series)

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  1. John Champlin Gardner - Subject of all interviews.
  2. Allan Chavkin (Editor)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Mississippi
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Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0878054235
Page Count: 342

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