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American Contradictions: Interviews with Nine American Writers
American Contradictions Interviews with Nine American Writers Author:Wolfgang Binder, Helmbrecht Breinig, editors Interviews with nine major American writers who speak out on what it means to write in America today. — These creative writers from diverse backgrounds tackle such issues as multiculturalism, the development of personal and cultural identity, the role that writers play both in society at large and in their respective subgroups, and the process of... more » emancipation from institutional suppression and individual bigotry.
The interviewees are: Roberto G. Fernandez, Andrew Holleran, Alan Lelchuk, Grace Paley, Ishmael Reed, Luci Tapahonso, Ed Vega, Gerald Vizenor, and John A. Williams.
Editors Wolfgang Binder and Helmbrecht Breinig are professors of American Studies at the University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany.« less