Inter/View: Talks with America's Writing Women

by Mickey Pearlman, Katherine Usher Henderson

Twenty-eight powerful and individual voices are heard as Pearlman and Henderson offer a forum for a generous cross-section of the women writing fiction in America today―writers whose vital statistics cross the borders of race, religion, ethnic origin, sexual preference, marital status, age, geography, and lifestyle. Each writer is presented in an essay/interview reflecting the dynamic that develops naturally when two vital minds meet to discuss topic of mutually interest. The writers talk about the role of memory, space, and family in their work, about politics, dreams, and race, about their mothers and children and alma maters, about book reviewing and their agents, editors, and publishers, and about each others' work. A bibliography of principal works follows each essay. A valuable contribution to writers both female and male, for above all else, this is a book about writing.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published September 14, 1990

About the author

Author Biography: Mickey Pearlman, Ph.D., is an editor and lecturer. She is the editor of A Few Thousand Words About Love, A Place Called Home, and Between Friends; the author of Listen to Their Voices; and the co-author of A Voice of One's Own.

Reviews

[Caety · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed getting to know a little bit of history of these 28 women writers. I found it fascinating to see the process in how each of them work, even learning the history of how women writers struggled to get published. I'm adding even more books to my reading list.

[Julie Unruh · Rating 3 out of 5]

I only read the interviews of the author's I enjoy, but did not know Amy Tan's mother actually had 2 daughters which she left and came to America.