This is the introduction to my book of interviews with biographical novelists from across the glo... more This is the introduction to my book of interviews with biographical novelists from across the globe. Unlike Truthful Fictions, which contained only my interviews, many other scholars interviewed prominent biographical novelists for this book. My plan is to submit the book to my editor by early February. If you spot any errors or have any suggestions for improvement, please let me know. I still need to write a conclusion. For your benefit, here is the table of contents:
Conversations with Biographical Novelists: Truthful Fictions across the Globe Edited by Michael Lackey
Table of Contents
Kevin Barry, interviewed by Stuart Kane: Positive Contamination in the Biographical Novel
Laurent Binet, interviewed by Monica Latham: Reflections on Truth, Veracity, Fictionalization, and Falsification
Javier Cercas, interviewed by Virginia Rademacher: Resisting the “dictatorship of the present” in the Biographical Novel
Barbara Chase-Riboud, interviewed by Melanie Masterton Sherazi: Sally Hemings’ Staircase: On Biofiction’s Afterlives
Emma Donoghue, interviewed by Michael Lackey: Voicing the Nobodies in the Biographical Novel
David Ebershoff, interviewed by Michael Lackey: The Biographical Novel as Life Art
Hannah Kent, interviewed by Kelly Gardiner: Fictions of Women
David Lodge, interviewed by Bethany Layne: The Bionovel as a Hybrid Genre
Colum McCann, interviewed by Michael Lackey: Contested Realities in the Biographical Novel
Anchee Min, interviewed by Michael Lackey: The Biographical Novelist as Cultural Diagnostician
Rosa Montero, interviewed by Virginia Rademacher: Speculative Subjectivities and the Biofictional Surge
Stephanus Muller, interviewed by Willemien Froneman: Stitching up the Auto/Biographical Seam
Sabina Murray, interviewed by Michael Lackey: Complex Psychologies in the Biographical Novel
Nuala O’Connor, interviewed by Julie A. Eckerle: The Slant Truth of the Biographical Novel
Susan Sellers, interviewed by Bethany Layne: Postmodernism and the Biographical Novel
Colm Tóibín, interviewed by Bethany Layne: The Anchored Imagination of the Biographical Novel
Olga Tokarczuk, interviewed by Robert Kusek and Wojciech Szymański: I Believe in the Novel
Chika Unigwe, interviewed by Michael Lackey: Biographical Fiction and the Creation of Possible Lives
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Conversations with Biographical Novelists:
Truthful Fictions across the Globe
Edited by Michael Lackey
Table of Contents
Kevin Barry, interviewed by Stuart Kane: Positive Contamination in the Biographical Novel
Laurent Binet, interviewed by Monica Latham: Reflections on Truth, Veracity, Fictionalization, and Falsification
Javier Cercas, interviewed by Virginia Rademacher: Resisting the “dictatorship of the present” in the Biographical Novel
Barbara Chase-Riboud, interviewed by Melanie Masterton Sherazi: Sally Hemings’ Staircase: On Biofiction’s Afterlives
Emma Donoghue, interviewed by Michael Lackey: Voicing the Nobodies in the Biographical Novel
David Ebershoff, interviewed by Michael Lackey: The Biographical Novel as Life Art
Hannah Kent, interviewed by Kelly Gardiner: Fictions of Women
David Lodge, interviewed by Bethany Layne: The Bionovel as a Hybrid Genre
Colum McCann, interviewed by Michael Lackey: Contested Realities in the Biographical Novel
Anchee Min, interviewed by Michael Lackey: The Biographical Novelist as Cultural Diagnostician
Rosa Montero, interviewed by Virginia Rademacher: Speculative Subjectivities and the Biofictional Surge
Stephanus Muller, interviewed by Willemien Froneman: Stitching up the Auto/Biographical Seam
Sabina Murray, interviewed by Michael Lackey: Complex Psychologies in the Biographical Novel
Nuala O’Connor, interviewed by Julie A. Eckerle: The Slant Truth of the Biographical Novel
Susan Sellers, interviewed by Bethany Layne: Postmodernism and the Biographical Novel
Colm Tóibín, interviewed by Bethany Layne: The Anchored Imagination of the Biographical Novel
Olga Tokarczuk, interviewed by Robert Kusek and Wojciech Szymański: I Believe in the Novel
Chika Unigwe, interviewed by Michael Lackey: Biographical Fiction and the Creation of Possible Lives