Conversations with John A. Williams

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By Jeffrey Allen Tucker *97

Published April 23, 2018

John A. Williams (1925-2015) wrote 12 novels and was a three-time winner of the American Book Award. Conversations with John A. Williams (University Press of Mississippi) is a collection of 23 interviews from 1969 to 2005 with Williams as he discusses writing, race, and traveling in Africa and Europe.

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