VOICE OF ONE'S OWN PA [Paperback]

Mickey Pearlman (Author), Katherine Usher Henderson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 20, 1992

In this engaging and lively collection of conversational profiles, 28 powerful and individual voices reflect on what inspires, directs, infuriates, and sustains them in what they do. Includes conversations with Diane Johnson, Louise Erdich, M.F.K. Fisher, Gloria Naylor, Amy Tan, Joyce Carol Oates and more. 28 photographs.

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From Publishers Weekly

Marge Piercy, Carolyn See, Josephine Humphreys and M.F.K. Fisher are among the 28 prominent women novelists featured here "in essays that convey intelligent, focused conversation." According to PW , "This collection of unfailingly perceptive reflections is a treasure trove for readers of today's fiction." Photos.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Mariner Books (February 20, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395599725
• ISBN-13: 978-0395599723
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,646,843 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars SPEAKING THEIR MIND, September 3, 2000

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This review is from: VOICE OF ONE'S OWN PA (Paperback)

Written a decade ago "A Voice Of One's Own", is a collection of twenty-eight women writer's relections about their craft of writing. The interviewer address to them the questions of what motivates, sustains and inspires them as writers. Unlike other interview collections this work is very inclusive in that it contains women from various racial, ethnic, regional, age and sexual preference groups.

Instead of a question and answer format as is usual in most interview collections, the interviewer decides to use a narrative form where one can see the interweaving of the answers and relections of the various authors. They become the center of focus, not the interviewer or the question. Three areas are prominently dealt with in this work.

1. The development of each woman as a writer. Harriet Doerr shares with us that she didn't consider herself a writer until she went to college at age 65.

2. How memory is linked to writing. Gloria Naylor's asserts that all writing filters itself through memory.

3. How children and family impact on writing. Most of the authors have children and share their thoughts about the challenges for that endeavor.

Having a voice and knowing how to creatively articulate it is a hallmark of this work. You will be inspired and reflective of your own writing as you hear these voices.