Conversations with Ellen Gilchrist / Tracy Carr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carr, Tracy, editor.

Series:

Literary conversations series http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/db685c05-062c-a2f9-6180-4393cbf1cb2f

Literary conversations series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gilchrist, Ellen, 1935-2024--Interviews.

Gilchrist, Ellen.

Women authors, American--Interviews.

Women authors, American.

Women novelists, American--Interviews.

Women novelists, American.

Women poets, American--Interviews.

Women poets, American.

Authors, American--Southern States--Interviews.

Authors, American.

Women and literature--Southern States.

Women and literature.

American literature--Southern States--Women authors.

American literature.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 181 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2025.

Summary:

"Known for her short stories populated by a recurring cast of headstrong, honest, and sometimes outrageous Southern women characters, Ellen Gilchrist's (1935-2024) four decades of writing and twenty-six works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry solidly place her among the South's most enduring authors. After winning a National Book Award in 1984 for the short story collection Victory Over Japan, she was a weekly commentator on NPR's then-new Morning Edition. While she wrote six critically acclaimed novels, short stories were where she was truly at home, especially those featuring Rhoda Manning, her most famous and most autobiographical character. Of Rhoda, Gilchrist said, "I can feel Rhoda. Of all my women chacters or female characters, Rhoda's the one I can feel and smell and touch. I can see things through her eyes." The eighteen interviews featured in this collection reveal Gilchrist to be just as honest, and sometimes outrageous, as her characters. Whether she is discussing her work or her life, Gilchrist's excitement and zest for life comes through in every word"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Chronology

State native's first novel parallels pains of her life / Lela J. Davis, 1983

PostScripts no. 7 / Edward Cohen, 1984

Ellen Gilchrist interview / Kay Bonetti, 1986

Ellen Gilchrist: a voice of Southern conflict / Melissa Biggs, 1987

The woman as writer and reader: a group of award-winning women writers discuss issues of special interest to women / Furman Studies, 1988

Evaluating the eighties / Robert MacNeil, 1989

Interview with Ellen Gilchrist / James McKinley, 1991

Ellen Gilchrist: the prize-winning short story writer now finds novels better serve her vision / Wendy Smith, 1992

Voice of Rhoda instructs authors / Beth Macy, 1993

Interview with Ellen Gilchrist / Rebecca Newth, 1994

A conversation with Ellen Gilchrist / Martha Wilson and Gwen Sell, 1995

Conversation with Ellen Gilchrist / Kyle Kellams, 1998

Author uses her imagination / Lori Herring, 2000

Ellen Gilchrist discusses "Rich," theme, imagery, and learning from Huckleberry Finn / Paul Mandelbaum, 2004

Arkansas Memories Project: Ellen Gilchrist interview / Scott Lunsford, 2010

The last Southern writer? An interview with Ellen Gilchrist / Luke Lampton and Scott Anderson, 2013

Telling true stories: an interview with Ellen Gilchrist / Erin Z. Bass, 2017

In conversation with Ellen Gilchrist / Holly Lange, 2022

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Conversations with ellen gilchrist

ISBN:

9781496859686

1496859685

9781496859693

1496859693

OCLC:

1501561542