Ernest J. Gaines, the author of many acclaimed works of fiction,
including The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and A Gathering of
Old Men, was born in 1933 in the small south Louisiana town of
Oscar. In his childhood the center of his world was the old slave
quarters on the River Lake Plantation, where five generations of
his family lived. All of Gaines's books have been set in this
general area of Louisiana, and though none of his work is strictly
autobiographical, his writing bears the distinctive stamp of the
rural folk culture amid which he was raised. Marcia Gaudet and Carl
Wooton's Porch Talk with Ernest Gaines is a collection of
interviews conducted on the porch of Gaines's home in Lafayette,
Louisiana, where he is writer-in-residence at the University of
Southwestern Louisiana. Gaines talks about a variety of topics,
including the influence of other writers, among them Faulkner,
Hemingway, and Mark Twain, on his style and the importance of oral
tradition and folk culture to his writing. He discusses the major
themes of his work, such as survival with dignity and the search
for manhood, and he describes the relationships among the black,
Creole, and Cajun communities of south Louisiana and how they have
been portrayed in his fiction. Gaines also comments on the craft of
writing, his role as a teacher, the film versions of some of his
books, his relationships with his agent and editors, and his work
in progress. This is the first book-length work on Gaines to be
published. It will be of importance to scholars and students of
American literature, particularly southern and Afro-American
literature, because it gives the reader valuable insights into
Gaines's life and writing. The format and conversational tone of
the book will also appeal to the audience drawn to Gaines's
fiction.
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