Bookworm

Author Alice McDermott discusses her darkly-tender, Irish-Catholic family novel--its structure and its meaning.

Diana Darling's charming first novel is about the intrigues of Gods and humans on the island of Bali. Bradford Morrow celebrates the anniversary of his magazine, with a special issue on folktales, fairy tales and myths.

A Case of Curiosities A young writer from Harvard reveals how to research an historical novel.

Under the 82nd Airborne (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Short story writer Debra Eisenberg discusses the mystery of how she writes.

The Buried Mirror   Carlos Fuentes on international literature and the Latin American writer.

Time's Arrow   The rude Londoner, Martin Amis, talks about morality and fiction.

Landscape Memory A young, gay novelist speaks about aesthetics.

A Thousand Acres   Jane Smiley's award-winning author discusses feminism, the problems of the American farmer and the aesthetics of fiction.

The beloved author of Where The Wild Things Are talks about The Nutcracker, and the process of writing a book that became a classic.

Darkness Visible; Sophie's Choice Styron on depression and the vileness of the world. He tells what it's like to kill off his favorite characters and survive.