The Paris Review Interviews with Women Writers

"Interview with Women Writers" is a special series launched by the editorial department of "Paris Review" since 2017, and two series have been published so far. The title of "Paris Review Interviews with Women Writers" released this time has been adjusted, including interviews with 16 female writers: Marguerite Yourcenar, Isaac Dinesen, Hilary Mann Tell, Hélène Ferrante, Simone de Beauvoir, Janet Winterson, Elizabeth Bishop, Marilyn Robinson, Jane Morris, Dorothy Parker, Joan Didion, Grace Perry, Natalie Sallot, Eudora Welty, Ann Beatty, Lori Moore.

As the first special series of interviews with female writers in the publishing history of The Paris Review, the sixteen interviews in this book can also be regarded as "prose in dialogue", which is not only a high-level discussion on writing techniques, but also covers the lives of female writers. Those subtle but reflective details of character: When did she establish her ambition to write? What is her literary enlightenment? What are the specific obstacles she encounters in different stages of writing? How does she face external denial and self-doubt? Who is her fellow-worker or misfit opponent? What is her relationship with feminist thought? ...