May/June 1991 | Poets and Writers

May/Jun 1991

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Best-selling author John Irving discusses his life, his work, and writing through obsessions.

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Advice to the Prizelorn

by Nancy Mairs

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An Interview with John Irving

by David Stanton

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Creative Teaching for Creative Writers

by Stephen Minot

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Endeavor—Live Voices from Death Row

by Holly Metz

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Flyfishing at the Bookfair

by Harald Wyndham

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In Our Own Write—Building a Lesbian and Gay Writers' Community

by Paula Martinac

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In Search of the Present

by Octavio Paz

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On Form and Formalism

by John Frederick Nims

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Our Sacred Objects

by Vince Clemente

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