{"product_id":"conversations-with-walter-mosley-paperback","title":"Conversations with Walter Mosley - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOwen E. Brady\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe interviews in this collection cover Walter Mosley's career and reveal an overarching theme: a belief in the transformative power of reading and writing. Since the 1990 publication of his first novel, \u003cem\u003eDevil in a Blue Dress\u003c\/em\u003e, Mosley (b. 1952) has published over thirty books in a tremendous range of genres and modes: crime and detective fiction, science fiction, literary novels of ideas, character studies, political and social nonfiction, erotica, and memoir. Best known for his Easy Rawlins detective series and Socrates Fortlow series of crime novels, Mosley has created a body of work that as a whole chronicles and examines twentieth-century African American experience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConversations with Walter Mosley\u003c\/em\u003e covers the breadth of Mosley's career and reveals a craftsman and wryly witty conversationalist. Conscious of his forebears as well as literary techniques, he discusses favorites and influences including Camus, Shakespeare, and Dickens as well as writers in popular genres, especially speculative fiction and the hard-boiled noir detective tradition. He also discusses how his work modifies the crime tradition to engage it with black experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterviews with the creator of the Easy Rawlins detective series and the Socrates Fortlow series of crime novels\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOwen E. Brady\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of humanities and coordinator of the American studies program at Clarkson University. He is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eFinding a Way Home: A Critical Assessment of Walter Mosley's Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, published by University Press of Mississippi. His work has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eCallaloo, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eObsidian: Black Literature in Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and many other periodical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8.97 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47425892810930,"sku":"9781604739435","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/2d63253f4478e32274ab95b19b2e90c1.webp?v=1778504666","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/conversations-with-walter-mosley-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}