Portions of the Pat Barker interview appeared in "Going Home Again: An Interview with Pat Barker," The Literary Review, 34. 2 (Winter 1991), 235-244. The Jamaica Kincaid interview first appeared, in a slightly different form, in Reading Black, Reading Feminist: A Critical Anthology, ed. Henry Louis Gates Jr. ( New Ameri- can Library, 1990), 492-509. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Backtalk: women writers speak out / interviews by Donna Perry. p. cm. ISBN 0-8135-1991-8 1. Women authors, American-- 20th century--Interviews. 2. Women and literature--United States--History--20th century. 3. Women and literature--History--20th century. 4. Women authors--20th century-- Interviews. 5. Authorship--Sex differences. I. Perry, Donna Marie, 1946- PS151.H65 1993 810.9′9287--dc2O 92-41201 CIP British Cataloging-in-Publication information available Copyright © 1993 by Donna Perry All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America -iv- |