Speak So I Shall Know Thee

William Walsh, the author of eight books, is the director of the Reinhardt University undergraduate creative writing program and the MFA program. He has been published in such journals as Five Points, The Georgia Review, The Kenyon Review and Literary Matters. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

• Table of ContentsPreface      Betty Aycock      A.R. Ammons      Raymond Andrews      James Applewhite      Doris Betts      David Bottoms      Olive Ann Burns      Fred Chappell      Pat Conroy      Harry Crews      James Dickey      Clyde Edgerton      William Price Fox      Shirley Ann Grau      Madison Jones      Donald Justice      Terry Kay      Marion Montgomery      Lawrence Naumoff      Larry Rubin       Ferrol Sams      James Seay      Bettie Sellers      Celestine Sibley      Anne Rivers Siddons      Lee Smith      John Stone      James Whitehead      Miller Williams      Philip Lee Williams      Stuart Woods      Index

“readable, down-to-earth, revealing...the interviews make good reading and offer insight into the craft of writing. Recommended”—Choice; “a useful source for students writing about contemporary authors”—North Carolina Libraries; “warmly human”—Atlanta Journal; “includ[es] firmly established writers side by side with newly emerging talent”—Reference and Research Book News; “Walsh is also to be applauded for in-depth probing of the writers and their works...will undoubtedly serve as a valuable research tool”—Atlanta History.