{"product_id":"conversations-with-edmund-white-9781496815057","title":"Conversations with Edmund White","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Will Brantley | Nancy McGuire Roche\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConversations with Edmund White\u003c\/i\u003e brings together twenty-one interviews with an author known for chronicling gay culture. Ranging from a 1982 discussion of his early works to a new and unpublished interview conducted in 2016, these interviews highlight White's predilections, his major achievements, and the pivotal moments of his long, varied career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Since the 1973 publication of his first novel, \u003ci\u003eForgetting Elena\u003c\/i\u003e, Edmund White (b. 1940) has become a major figure in literature and gay culture. White is, however, more than just a celebrated gay writer. He is an international man of letters, and his work crosses several genres. White's fiction includes an autobiographical trilogy--\u003ci\u003eA Boy's Own Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Room Is Empty\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Farewell Symphony\u003c\/i\u003e--along with more recent novels such as \u003ci\u003eJack Holmes and His Friend\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOur Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e. White's love of French literature and culture is evident in biographies of Jean Genet, Marcel Proust, and Arthur Rimbaud, and his antipathy to American Puritanism suffuses his collected essays and memoirs and is on full display in two early nonfiction works that helped define the era of gay liberation: \u003ci\u003eThe Joy of Gay Sex\u003c\/i\u003e, coauthored with Charles Silverstein, and \u003ci\u003eStates of Desire: Travels in Gay America\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A professor of creative writing at Princeton University, White has earned many distinctions, including the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Lambda Literary Foundation's Pioneer Award. White has been a generous interviewer, sharing his time and insights not only with major publications such as \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, but also with smaller online publications for more limited audiences. A lively commentator, White has never been afraid to speak his mind, even when the result has been public feuds with literary peers on both sides of the Atlantic.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46474493886615,"sku":"9781496815057","price":2955.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781496815057.jpg?v=1766268381","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/conversations-with-edmund-white-9781496815057","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}