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Episode 154: Novelist Spotlight #154: The light and darkness of famed novelist William Styron
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In the spotlight is William Styron, the famed author of novels that included “Sophie’s Choice” and “The Confessions of Nat Turner.” Joining the great author in the spotlight is William Styron biographer Jim West, professor of English, emeritus, at Pennsylvania State University. He is a biographer and book historian, and the author of several books, including “William Styron: A Life.”
We discuss:
>> The controversies spawned by Styron’s most important novels
>> Writing with a vision rather than an outline
>> Autonomy of characters
>> The depression he suffered
>> The unspoken competition with Truman Capote
>> The spoken competition with Norman Mailer
>> His place in literary history
>> Etc.
Learn more about William Styron here:
https://william-styron.com/obituaries
Learn more about James West here: https://english.la.psu.edu/directory/jlw14
Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol, author of “Lolita Firestone: A Supernatural Novel,” “Family Recipes: A Novel About Italian Culture, Catholic Guilt and the Culinary Crime of the Century” and “Hardwood: A Novel About College Basketball and Other Games Young Men Play.” Buy them on any major bookselling site. Write to Mike Consol at novelistspotlight@gmail.com. We hope you will subscribe and share the link with any family, friends or colleagues who might benefit from this program.
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