In our final episode of our Sewanee Writers’ Conference series recorded in the summer of 2018, James is joined by Christine Schutt, one of our greatest authors, to discuss her career from FLORIDA to her latest, PURE HOLLYWOOD. They cover a lot of books, and a lot of ground, from nerves about reading to insecurity about writing, in an honest and illuminating conversation. Plus, friend and (relatively) new PARIS REVIEW editor Emily Nemens.
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Christine Schutt: https://www.christineschutt.com/
Christine and James discuss:
Christine’s books: FLORIDA; A DAY, A NIGHT, ANOTHER DAY, SUMMER; NIGHTWORK; ALL SOULS; PROSPEROUS FRIENDS; PURE HOLLYWOOD: AND OTHER STORIES
Amy Hempel
Barry Hannah
Gordon Lish
Lucy Corin
UC Davis
Mary Jo Salter
John Casey
Cheri Peters
William Gay
Wyatt Prunty
Jill McCorkle
AWP
Donald Justice
Elizabeth Bishop
BLUETS by Maggie Nelson
TRIQUARTERLY
National Book Award
Kathryn Davis
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS by Elizabeth Hardwick
TRAIN DREAMS by Denis Johnson
CHILD OF GOD by Cormac McCarthy
AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
Diane Williams
NOON
Josh Weil
UC Irvine
The Nightingale-Bamford School
Wesleyan University
Mills College
Elizabeth Winthrop
GOSSIP GIRL by Cecily von Ziegesar
Laura van den Berg
Elisabeth Schmitz
Margot Livesey
Alfred Hitchcock
“A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor
Alice Munro
Dan O’Brien
Maurice Manning
Clare Beams
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Emily Nemens: https://www.theparisreview.org/
Emily and James Discuss:
THE PARIS REVIEW
THE SOUTHERN REVIEW
Diane Williams
WRITERS AT WORK
Pulitzer Prize
WOMEN AT WORK, INTERVIEWS FROM THE PARIS REVIEW
Francois Mauriac
Nadine Gordimer
Hernan Diaz
Kelli Jo Ford
Emily Bell
AWP
THE CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE