Archive for October, 1994
- Tim O’Brien Interview: The Things He Carried • October 19, 1994
Originally published October 19, 1994 in the Baltimore City Paper.
Also read the complete interview transcript.
Tim O’Brien wants to set the record straight: he is not a Vietnam writer.
“It’s like calling Toni Morrison a black writer or Joseph Conrad an ocean writer or Shakespeare a royalty writer,” says O’Brien on the phone in early October from [...]
- John Irving’s “A Son of the Circus” • October 3, 1994
"A Son of the Circus" definitely qualifies as one of John Irving's oddest creations, but for most of the way it's among his most satisfying. Like most Irving novels, it's a sprawling book that swoops around the globe and through multiple generations of history. And it includes a grab bag of typical Irving topics: perverse sexuality, Christianity, unusual families, and untimely death.
- Tim O’Brien Full Interview Transcript • October 1, 1994
The full transcript of my interview with author Tim O'Brien in October 1994 to promote his novel "In the Lake of the Woods."
