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• catalog abstract ""William H. Gass and Lorin Cuoco here present an edited but uncut record of the proceedings of the first international conference convened by the International Writers Center at Washington University in St. Louis." "Major addresses were delivered by Breyten Breytenbach, a white South African who was an early critic of apartheid serving seven years in jail before being exiled from his homeland; Nuruddin Farah, the Somali author of a number of internationally recognized novels, including the trilogy Variations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship, who has also suffered exile; Carolyn Forche, an American poet whose experiences as a Guggenheim Fellow in El Salvador led to her noted second book of poetry, The Country Between Us, Antonio Skarmeta, the Chilean short story writer, screen writer, and novelist whose Insurrection deals with the Nicaraguan Revolution; Luisa Valenzuela, an Argentine novelist and journalist who fled her home country in 1979 and returned a decade later after the restoration of democracy only to find remnants of the former military regime still a legitimate target for her absurdist prose; and Mario Vargas Llosa, the widely acclaimed Peruvian novelist who founded Libertad, the political party under whose banner he unsuccessfully ran for president of his country." "The Writer in Politics also includes edited transcriptions of the panel discussions that followed each of the six major addresses. Panelists included Irish poet Eavan Boland, author of seven books of poetry, including In a Time of Violence; Marc Chenetier, professor of American literature at l'Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris and translator of numerous american authorsincluding Gass - into French; Robert Coover, writer-in-residence at Brown University and author of such works as Origin of the Brunists and A Public Burning; Ron Himes, founder of the St. Louis Black Repertory Company, which produces African American and Third World playwrights; Liu Binyan, former special correspondent for China's official newspaper and author of China's Crisis, China's Hope; poet Eric Pankey, whose books include Apocrypha and Reliquary World; Anton Shammas, Palestinian-Israeli author whose works include the novel Arabesques; and Richard Watson, professor of philosophy at Washington University and author of The Philosopher's Demise: Learning French and the novel Niagara."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b9136929.
• catalog contributor b9136930.
• catalog created "1996.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "1996.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
• catalog description ""William H. Gass and Lorin Cuoco here present an edited but uncut record of the proceedings of the first international conference convened by the International Writers Center at Washington University in St. ".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
• catalog description "Louis Black Repertory Company, which produces African American and Third World playwrights; Liu Binyan, former special correspondent for China's official newspaper and author of China's Crisis, China's Hope; poet Eric Pankey, whose books include Apocrypha and Reliquary World; Anton Shammas, Palestinian-Israeli author whose works include the novel Arabesques; and Richard Watson, professor of philosophy at Washington University and author of The Philosopher's Demise: Learning French and the novel Niagara."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Louis." "Major addresses were delivered by Breyten Breytenbach, a white South African who was an early critic of apartheid serving seven years in jail before being exiled from his homeland; Nuruddin Farah, the Somali author of a number of internationally recognized novels, including the trilogy Variations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship, who has also suffered exile; Carolyn Forche, an American poet whose experiences as a Guggenheim Fellow in El Salvador led to her noted second book of poetry, The Country Between Us, Antonio Skarmeta, the Chilean short story writer, screen writer, and novelist whose Insurrection deals with the Nicaraguan Revolution; Luisa Valenzuela, an Argentine novelist and journalist who fled her home country in 1979 and returned a decade later after the restoration of democracy only to find remnants of the former military regime still a legitimate target for her absurdist prose; and Mario Vargas Llosa, ".
• catalog description "The writer and politics : a litany / William H. Gass -- The book show / Antonio Skármeta -- Politics and literature : the odd couple / Mario Vargas Llosa -- Trying to breathe / Luisa Valenzuela -- Savaging the soul of a nation / Nuruddin Farah -- The poetry of witness / Carolyn Forché -- Cold turkey / Breyten Breytenbach.".
• catalog description "the widely acclaimed Peruvian novelist who founded Libertad, the political party under whose banner he unsuccessfully ran for president of his country." "The Writer in Politics also includes edited transcriptions of the panel discussions that followed each of the six major addresses. Panelists included Irish poet Eavan Boland, author of seven books of poetry, including In a Time of Violence; Marc Chenetier, professor of American literature at l'Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris and translator of numerous american authorsincluding Gass - into French; Robert Coover, writer-in-residence at Brown University and author of such works as Origin of the Brunists and A Public Burning; Ron Himes, founder of the St. ".
• catalog extent "xv, 191 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0809320509".
• catalog isPartOf "International Writers Center series".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "1996.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press,".
• catalog subject "809/.93358 20".
• catalog subject "PN51 .W724 1996".
• catalog subject "Politics and literature.".
• catalog subject "Politics in literature.".
• catalog tableOfContents "The writer and politics : a litany / William H. Gass -- The book show / Antonio Skármeta -- Politics and literature : the odd couple / Mario Vargas Llosa -- Trying to breathe / Luisa Valenzuela -- Savaging the soul of a nation / Nuruddin Farah -- The poetry of witness / Carolyn Forché -- Cold turkey / Breyten Breytenbach.".
• catalog title "The writer in politics / edited by William H. Gass and Lorin Cuoco.".
• catalog type "text".