Allan Gurganus
Review of WW2BW
Fred Setterberg, rock star author of “true-novel” Lunch Bucket Paradise (see our 5/2012 post) magnanimously and thoroughly reviewed We Wanted to Be Writers for literary blog Talking Writing. Our favorite line—among countless worthies: “By opting for the long view, covering the inceptive motives and misgivings of thirty writers and teachers—the celebrated and the obscure—We Wanted to Be [...]
What Writers Wear
Clothing and the Creative Process By Eric Olsen One of the nice things about writing is that it’s a private act, and so you can usually wear whatever you damn well please while you do it. For me, that usually means blue jeans and a T-shirt, plus a sweater or two since my office is [...]
Examiner.com Review
There’s an aspiring young SoCal novelist who thinks We Wanted to Be Writers is swell. Monique Muro says in her review, “Perhaps the most gratifying thing about thumbing through the trajectory of how [the writers interviewed in the book] succeeded is how much aspiring writers can glean from their experiences.” Nice to connect with our target [...]
Review by 3 Guys 1 Book
Good reviews will never get old. This one by Jason Rice of Three Guys One Book has the added advantage of being frenetic, sexy, and profane. Bottom line? He says We Wanted to Be Writers is a “great book.”
Iowa Public Radio Interview
We’re delighted to share a comprehensive interview with Eric, Glenn and Gordy Mennenga about We Wanted to Be Writers conducted by Charity Nebbe of Iowa Public Radio. It aired 10/4/2011.
October Calendar
Don Wallace is working on a new Hawaiian cultural documentary with Eddie Kamae. Doug Unger‘s Las Vegas essay, “City of Nomads, City of Second Chances,” is part of the new anthology West of 98: Living and Writing in the New American West, just published by the University of Texas Press. The manuscript of his big [...]
Early Buzz About the Book
People are starting to talk! Here’s what they’re saying about We Wanted to Be Writers. Rosalyn Drexler: The book arrived and I started reading almost immediately . . . A warm feeling of community and secrets revealed . . . of belonging came over me. Most interesting that so many of us felt we were [...]
Allan Gurganus Reads His New Work
The Erotic History of a Southern Baptist Church is the second, starting with Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All in Allan’s Falls Trilogy. Allan has been described as “the rightful heir to Faulkner and Welty,” and “one of our essential comic writers.” Literary critic Henry Louis Gates, Jr. once declared, “Gurganus can do anything he likes as [...]
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