Passion and craft: conversations with notable writers

Richard Ford : important acts

Bobbie Ann Mason : quiet rebellions

T. Coraghessan Boyle : entertainments and provocations

Gina Berriault : "Don't I know you?"

Rick Bass : out of boundaries

Leonard Michaels : the lyric impulse

Christopher Tilghman : grappling with the holy mysteries

Thom Jones : a way of feeling better

Julia Alvarez : "A clean windshield"

Andre Dubus : "Passion is better"

Jayne Anne Phillips : the mystery of language

Tobias Wolff : citizens and outlaws.