Conversations with Paule Marshall

by James C. Hall (Editor), Heather Hathaway (Editor)

Overview

The first collection of interviews with the acclaimed African American/Afro-Caribbean author of Triangular Road; The Chosen Place, the Timeless People; and Brown Girl, Brownstones

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781604737431
Publisher:	University Press of Mississippi
Publication date:	10/05/2010
Series:	Literary Conversations Series
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

James C. Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is director of the New College at the University of Alabama. He is the author of Mercy, Mercy Me: African-American Culture and the American Sixties.


Heather Hathaway, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is associate professor of English at Marquette University and the author of Caribbean Waves: Relocating Claude McKay and Paule Marshall .

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

Chronology xvii

A Discussion with Dr. Hiram Haydn and Others on The Chosen Place, the Timeless People Hiram Haydn 3

Re-Creating Ourselves All Over the World: A Conversation with Paule Marshall 'Molara Ogundipe-Leslie 31

In Celebration of Our Triumph Alexis De Veaux 40

A Talk with Mary Helen Washington Mary Helen Washington 54

Talk as a Form of Action: An Interview with Paule Marshall Sabine Bröck 59

PW Interviews Paule Marshall Sally Lodge 72

Interview with Paule Marshall Sandi Russell 77

A MELUS Interview: Paule Marshall Joyce Pettis 84

An Interview with Paule Marshall Daryl Cumber Dance 96

Holding onto the Vision: Sylvia Baer Interviews Paule Marshall Sylvia Baer 116

The Booklist Interview: Paule Marshall Donna Seaman 124

Meditations on Language and the Self: A Conversation with Paule Marshall Melody Graulich Lisa Sisco 130

To Be in the World: An Interview with Paule Marshall Angela Elam 151

The Art and Politics of Paule Marshall: An Interview James Hall Heather Hathaway 157

Paule Marshall on Race and Memory Dawn Raffel 189

Index 193