Lit Circle Author Interviews

Watch and read the listed author interviews for your lit circle:

1)      How would you describe the author’s personality? Does this surprise you or does it seem to connect with their writing style? How so?

2)      How does the author view his or her own writing process? What seems to inspire them to write? Do they have a final plan, or does it just come to them?

3)      Describe the origin of these actual novels. How did the authors begin to write this novel?

4)      What issues does the author seem to want to touch on in their novels?

5)      Write down two other interesting facts you discovered about the author or about their views on writing:

The Yellow Birds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XzH1mxJNes

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/13/books/kevin-powers-and-ben-fountain-national-book-award-nominees.html?pagewanted=all

The Road:
http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Oprahs-Exclusive-Interview-with-Cormac-McCarthy-Video

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704576204574529703577274572.html

Gilead:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7X5qZ-Qet8
- She talks about another book called "Home" a lot in this book, but it is the sequel to Gilead, so there is a lot of tie in.

Poisonwood Bible:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcOLf0y46XM

http://www.librarything.com/topic/45781


Sula:
http://www.visionaryproject.org/morrisontoni/
- Check out the video clips furhter down the page. Especially look at her "motivation for writing" and "segregation and Racisim" in Ohio.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/nov/01/toni-morrison

The Kite Runner:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Wz33eaTl4
-Start around 27:00 he talks about the origin of the novel.

http://www.rferl.org/content/interview-kite-runner-afghan-emigre-writer-khaled-hosseini/24621078.html

Silver Linings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i-0U7wiktc
-skip to 7:00 when he starts talking about the novel

Part two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsoVX4yxNBE


A Lesson before Dying:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1dRr5-rw0w