Conversations with Gordon Lish / edited by David Winters and Jason Lucarelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lish, Gordon, interviewee.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Winters, David, 1983- editor.

Lucarelli, Jason, editor.

Series:

Literary conversations series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lish, Gordon.

Lish, Gordon--Interviews.

Authors, American--20th century--Interviews.

Authors, American.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xvii, 174 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2018]

Summary:

"Known as "Captain Fiction," Gordon Lish (b. 1934) is among the most influential, and controversial, figures in modern American letters. As an editor at Esquire (1969-1977), Alfred A. Knopf (1977-1995) and The Quarterly (1987-1995), and as a teacher both in and outside the university system, he has worked closely with many of the most pioneering writers of recent times, including Raymond Carver, Don DeLillo, Barry Hannah, Amy Hempel, Sam Lipsyte, and Ben Marcus. A prolific author of stories and novels, Lish has also won a cult following for his own fiction, earning comparisons with Gertrude Stein and Samuel Beckett. Conversations with Gordon Lish collects all of Lish's major interviews, covering the entire span of his extraordinary career. Ranging from 1965 to 2015, these interviews document his pivotal role in the period's defining developments: the impact of the Californian counterculture, the rise and decline of so-called literary "minimalism," dramatic transformations in book and magazine publishing, and the ongoing growth of creative writing instruction. Over time, Lish--a self-described "dynamic conversationalist"--Forges an evolving conversation not only with his interviewers, but with the central trends of twentieth-century literary history. This book will be essential reading not only for students and fans of contemporary fiction, but for writers too: included are several interviews in which Lish discusses his secretive private writing classes. Indeed, these pieces themselves amount to a masterclass in Lishian literary language--each is a work of art in its own right."--provided by publisher.

Contents:

Gordon Lish interviews Gordon Lish

Gordon Lish

Captain fiction: super-teacher Gordon Lish

Captain fiction rides again: the further adventures of Gordon Lish

Feeling uniformly jewish: an interview with Gordon Lish

Interview with Gordon Lish

A conversation with Gordon Lish

Self-interview

An interview with Gordon Lish

Molly bloome talks with Gordon Lish

Gordon Lish, the art of editing no. 2

An interview with Gordon Lish.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Lish, Gordon, interviewee. Conversations with Gordon Lish.

ISBN:

9781496816252

1496816250

9781496818164

1496818164

OCLC:

1011207899