{"product_id":"conversations-with-john-edgar-wideman-bonnie-tusmith-9781617036972","title":"Conversations with John Edgar Wideman","description":"Orally or on the page, John Edgar Wideman (b. 1941) never seems to stray far from firsthand experience. \"Writing for me is a way of opening up,\" he states in one of the interviews in this collection, \"a way of sharing, a way of making sense of the world, and writing's very appeal is that it gives me a kind of hands-on way of coping with the very difficult business of living a life.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wideman shares the joy and pain of his life experience. The easy laughter accompanying many of these interviews shows that conversations with him can be intense and fun. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book spans thirty-five years. Wideman discusses a wide variety of topics--from postmodernism to genocide, from fatherhood to women's basketball. One of the pleasures of encountering these conversations is the glimpse they give into the workshop of the writer's mind. He is shown in the interviews to be very open about his artistic aims, techniques, and sources, whether talking about his Aunt May's storytelling or about African spirituality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The earliest piece collected here is an interview-based profile, \"The Astonishing John Wideman.\" It appeared in \u003ci\u003eLook\u003c\/i\u003e magazine in 1963 and featured him as a ghetto-raised basketball star who had turned Rhodes Scholar. Wideman's fulfillment of his early promise is now an established fact: He is an award-winning novelist, a university professor, a social and cultural critic, a political activist, and a MacArthur \"Genius\" Fellow. To date, he is the author of thirteen critically acclaimed books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Homewood Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrothers and Keepers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFever\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFatheralong\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Cattle Killing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bonnie Tusmith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1617036978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781617036972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Bonnie Tusmith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088653431039,"sku":"9781617036972","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a4e4db33-b056-4345-aa9b-da4e0f48baf0.jpg?v=1769105931","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/conversations-with-john-edgar-wideman-bonnie-tusmith-9781617036972","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}