Over three decades, celebrated fiction writer Andre Dubus
(1936-1999) published seven collections of short stories, two
collections of essays, two collections of previously published
stories, two novels, and a novella. While this is an impressive
publishing record for any writer, for Dubus, who suffered a
near-fatal accident mid-career, it is near miraculous. Just after
midnight on July 23, 1986, after stopping to assist two stranded
motorists, Dubus was struck by a car. His right leg was crushed and
his left leg had to be amputated above the knee. After months of
hospital stays and surgeries, he would suffer chronic pain for the
rest of his life. However, when he gave his first interview after
the accident, his deepest fear was that he would never write again.
This collection of interviews traces his career beginning in 1967
with the publication of his novel The Lieutenant, to his final
interview given right before his death on February 24, 1999. In
between are conversations that focus on his shift to essay writing
during his long recovery period as well as those that celebrate his
return to fiction with the publication of "The Colonel's Wife," in
1993. Dubus would share as well stories surrounding his Louisiana
childhood, his three marriages, the writers who influenced him, and
his deep Catholic faith. Olivia Carr Edenfield, Portal, Georgia, is
an associate professor at Georgia Southern University. Her work has
been published in Hemingway Review, Southern Literary Journal,
Resources for American Literary Studies, and Explicator.
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