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Description:The writer, teacher and editor Gordon Lish a.k.a. "Captain Fiction is among the most influential figures in modern American letters. Spanning over half a century, Lish’s career has encompassed the counterculture of the 1960s, the rise and decline of so-called literary “minimalism” in the 1970s and 1980s, dramatic transformations in book and magazine publishing, and the rapid growth of creative writing instruction, characterized by Mark McGurl as “the most important event in post-war American literary history.”Today Lish is known primarily for his radical, and controversial, editing of Raymond Carver, an intervention that proved decisive for Carver’s writing and reputation. Nevertheless, Lish’s impact reaches far beyond Carver. Over the decades, he has discovered, published, promoted and mentored two generations of major American writers. As an editor at Genesis West (1962– 1965), Esquire (1969–1977), Alfred A. Knopf (1977–1995), and The Quarterly (1987–1995), and as a teacher both inside and outside the university system, Lish has worked closely with many of the most inventive writers of recent times, including, for instance, Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady, Grace Paley, James Purdy, Jack Gilbert, Stanley Elkin, Harold Brodkey, Cynthia Ozick, Barry Hannah, Joy Williams, Amy Hempel, Mary Robison, Lily Tuck, Anne Carson, Will Eno, Sam Lipsyte, Diane Williams, and Ben Marcus. Alongside teaching and editing, Lish has also written over a dozen books of his own. Praised as “reminiscent of Stein or Beckett,” his complex and comic avantgarde prose commands a loyal readership. But despite his role as “one of the major formulators of the canon of contemporary American fiction,” Lish has been neglected by literary scholarship. Partly because of the outcry surrounding his rewriting of Carver, as well as the sensationalized coverage of his “cult-like” writing classes, Lish has become, in the words of his friend Don DeLillo, “famous for all the wrong reasons.” In this collection of interviews, we hope to highlight some of the right ones. This book will be essential reading not only for students and fans of contemporary fiction, but for writers included are several interviews in which Lish discusses his legendary writing classes. Indeed, these pieces themselves amount to a masterclass in Lishian literary language--each is a work of art in its own right.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Conversations with Gordon Lish. To get started finding Conversations with Gordon Lish, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 176

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: University Press of Mississippi

Release: 2018

ISBN: 1496818164

Description: The writer, teacher and editor Gordon Lish a.k.a. "Captain Fiction is among the most influential figures in modern American letters. Spanning over half a century, Lish’s career has encompassed the counterculture of the 1960s, the rise and decline of so-called literary “minimalism” in the 1970s and 1980s, dramatic transformations in book and magazine publishing, and the rapid growth of creative writing instruction, characterized by Mark McGurl as “the most important event in post-war American literary history.”Today Lish is known primarily for his radical, and controversial, editing of Raymond Carver, an intervention that proved decisive for Carver’s writing and reputation. Nevertheless, Lish’s impact reaches far beyond Carver. Over the decades, he has discovered, published, promoted and mentored two generations of major American writers. As an editor at Genesis West (1962– 1965), Esquire (1969–1977), Alfred A. Knopf (1977–1995), and The Quarterly (1987–1995), and as a teacher both inside and outside the university system, Lish has worked closely with many of the most inventive writers of recent times, including, for instance, Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady, Grace Paley, James Purdy, Jack Gilbert, Stanley Elkin, Harold Brodkey, Cynthia Ozick, Barry Hannah, Joy Williams, Amy Hempel, Mary Robison, Lily Tuck, Anne Carson, Will Eno, Sam Lipsyte, Diane Williams, and Ben Marcus. Alongside teaching and editing, Lish has also written over a dozen books of his own. Praised as “reminiscent of Stein or Beckett,” his complex and comic avantgarde prose commands a loyal readership. But despite his role as “one of the major formulators of the canon of contemporary American fiction,” Lish has been neglected by literary scholarship. Partly because of the outcry surrounding his rewriting of Carver, as well as the sensationalized coverage of his “cult-like” writing classes, Lish has become, in the words of his friend Don DeLillo, “famous for all the wrong reasons.” In this collection of interviews, we hope to highlight some of the right ones. This book will be essential reading not only for students and fans of contemporary fiction, but for writers included are several interviews in which Lish discusses his legendary writing classes. Indeed, these pieces themselves amount to a masterclass in Lishian literary language--each is a work of art in its own right.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Conversations with Gordon Lish. To get started finding Conversations with Gordon Lish, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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