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The Pleasure of Influence: Conversations With American Male Fiction Writers (NotaBell Books)

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Rob Trucks is a great inteviewer and this collection shows why. Like a great referee in a basketball game, you rarely notice his presence--instead he simply asks smart, interesting questions then backs off and lets the writers go with the question where they will. Also, check out his book of interviews with baseball players called A Cup of Coffee--equally good.

The Pleasure Of Influence: Conversations With American Male Fiction Writers is a selection of eleven interviews conducted by Rob Trucks which present the wit and wisdom of eleven accomplished writers, including Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler, and National Book Award winner Charles Johnson. These skilled and talented literary tale-tellers speak of their work, their inspiration, their operations both within and beyond commonly embraced boundaries, in this thoughtful, erudite collection which is very highly recommended reading, especially for those who aspire to become novelists themselves.