A compilation of never-before-published interviews, originally done from 1976 to 1980 at the Saranac Writers Conference, includes conversations with Joyce Carol Oates, E. L. Doctorow, Gail Godwin, Ann Beattie, Annie Dillard, Jayne Anne Phillips, and others, who discuss various aspects of life as a writer and the writing process, in a volume illustrated by ephemera and photographs from the conference.
Joe David Bellamy is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and served as Director of the Literature Program of the National Endowment for the Arts. His articles, fiction, poetry, and reviews have been published in The Atlantic Monthly, The Nation, Harper's, Paris Review, Saturday Review, The New York Times Book Review, Ploughshares, The Washington Post Book World, and more than 70 other publications.