Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997.

Description

1. xx, 269 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. "In conversations that took place between 1980 and October 1997, just days before his death, Michener met with Lawrence Grobel. Over the years their meetings at Michener's homes in Florida, Maine, and Texas, as well as in New York and Los Angeles, turned their acquaintance into a friendship."--BOOK JACKET. "The product of these revealing discussions is Talking with Michener, the first full-length book of in-depth interviews with the famed writer."--BOOK JACKET.
2. "Here Michener explores such topics as sex, love, pornography, politics, abortion, AIDS, plagiarism, sports, the current state of publishing, and the status of the artist in society. To Grobel he reveals many personal milestones and struggles - his dialysis; the death of his wife Mari; his service in the war; his travels to Antarctica and to Pearl Harbor on the 50th anniversary of the bombing; and his philanthropy totaling $120 million."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

1. Novelists, American > 20th century > Interviews
2. Michener, James A (James Albert), 1907-1997 > Interviews
3. Historical fiction > Authorship

Contents

1. 1. A Personal Agenda -- 2. Way Ahead of My Generation -- 3. A Teller of Stories -- 4. The Mystery of the Sexes -- 5. Eating Your Enemy For Manna & Other Tales of the Quite Specific -- 6. Mich the Witch -- 7. Portrait of the Writer: Guts & Poses -- 8. Assessing the Talent in the Backroom -- 9. Bobby Fischer, Jimmy Foxx, & The Deadly Flying Wedge -- 10. The Weight of the World -- 11. Awakening from the American Dream -- 12. The Politics & Polemics of the Last Die-Hard Liberal -- 13. Sayonara -- Afterword / James A. Michener.

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Note

1. Includes index.