
Conversations with Robert Morgan
University Press of Mississippi
Published on 29. October 2019
Book
Hardback
244 pages
978-1-4968-2571-1 (ISBN)
Description
Robert Morgan (b. 1944) is one of the most distinguished writers in southern and Appalachian literature, celebrated for his novels, poetry, short fiction, and historical and biographical writing, totaling more than thirty volumes. Morgan's work gives voice to the traditionally underrepresented people of southern Appalachia, and his appearances in such popular venues as The Oprah Winfrey Show, National Public Radio's Morning Edition, and the New York Times Bestseller List have contributed to his wide readership and successful dismantling of Hollywood stereotypes that still dog the region in the nation's larger consciousness. His writing makes a case for the dignity of work, the beauty and terror of the landscape, and the essential value of creating a community and learning to live in the world. The interviews in Conversations with Robert Morgan provide readers and scholars the first stand-alone book on Morgan's long and fascinating career as a master of multiple genres, and make a significant contribution to the understanding of American, southern, and Appalachian literature and culture. Collected here are five decades of interviews that cover such topics as literary influence, the impact of war on family and community, poetic and narrative craft, the role of environmentalism in American literature, and the journey from impoverished North Carolina mountain boy to award-winning Ivy League professor. Morgan is Kappa Alpha Professor of English at Cornell University, where he has taught since 1971. Readers will learn about writing across multiple genres, craft that can be learned and practiced by a writer, and studying the past for those present truths that create what Morgan values most in literature, "a community across time.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Jackson
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
552 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4968-2571-1 (9781496825711)
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Randall Wilhelm | Jesse Graves
Conversations with Robert Morgan
E-Book
10/2019
Penguin Random House South Africa
€24.49
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Persons
Randall Wilhelm is assistant professor of English at Anderson University. He is editor of The Ron Rash Reader and coeditor of Summoning the Dead: Essays on Ron Rash.
Jesse Graves is associate professor of English and poet-in-residence at East Tennessee State University. He is author of three poetry collections and recipient of the James Still Award for Writing about the Appalachian South from the Fellowship of Southern Writers.
Jesse Graves is associate professor of English and poet-in-residence at East Tennessee State University. He is author of three poetry collections and recipient of the James Still Award for Writing about the Appalachian South from the Fellowship of Southern Writers.