{"product_id":"getting-naked-with-harry-crews-interviews-paperback","title":"Getting Naked with Harry Crews: Interviews - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErik Bledsoe\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterviews with novelist Harry Crews about his life, work, and writing craft\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these 26 interviews conducted between 1972 and 1997, novelist Harry Crews tells the truth--about why and how he writes, about the literary influences on his own work, about the writers he admires (or does not), about which of his own books he likes (or does not), about his fascination with so-called \"freaks.\" Crews reveals the tender side under his tough-guy image, discussing his beloved mother and his spiritual quest in a secular world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrews also speaks frankly about his failed relationships, the role that writing played in them, and his personal struggles with alcohol and drugs and their impact on his life and work. Those seeking insights into his work will find them in these interviews. Those seeking to be entertained in Crewsian fashion will not be disappointed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarry Crews on his tattoo and mohawk...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If you can't get past my 'too' -- my tattoo -- and my 'do' -- the way I got my hair cut -- it's only because you have decided there are certain things that can be done with hair and certain things that cannot be done with hair. And certain of them are right and proper and decent, and the rest indicate a warped, degenerate nature; therefore I am warped and degenerate. 'Cause I got my hair cut a different way, man? You gonna really live your life like that? What's wrong with you?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn advice to young writers...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You have to go to considerable trouble to live differently from the way the world wants you to live. That's what I've discovered about writing. The world doesn't want you to do a damn thing. If you wait till you got time to write a novel or time to write a story or time to read the hundred thousands of books you should have already read -- if you wait for the time, you'll never do it. 'Cause there ain't no time; world don't want you to do that. World wants you to go to the zoo and eat cotton candy, preferably seven days a week\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn being \"well-rounded\"...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I never wanted to be well-rounded, and I do not admire well-rounded people nor their work. So far as I can see, nothing good in the world has ever been done by well-rounded people. The good work is done by people with jagged, broken edges, because those edges cut things and leave an imprint, a design\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn twenty-six interviews conducted between 1972 and 1997, novelist Harry Crews tells the truth -- about why and how he writes, about the literary influences on his own work, about the writers he admires (or does not), about which of his own books he likes (or does not), about his fascination with so-called freaks, and about his love of blood sports. Crews reveals the tender side under his tough-guy image, discussing his beloved mother and his spiritual quest in a secular world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe also speaks frankly about his failed relationships, the role that writing played in them, and his personal struggles with alcohol and drugs and their impact on his life and work. Those seeking insights into his work will find them in these interviews. Those seeking to be entertained in Crewsian fashion will not be disappointed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarry Crews\u003c\/b\u003e (1935-2012) was the author of 23 books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel Singer, Naked in Garden Hills, This Thing Don't Lead to Heaven, Karate Is a Thing of the Spirit, Car, The Hawk Is Dying, The Gypsy's Curse, A Feast of Snakes, A Childhood: The Biography of a Place, Blood and Grits, The Enthusiast, All We Need of Hell, The Knockout Artist, Body, Scar Lover, The Mulching of America, Celebration\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFlorida Frenzy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErik Bledsoe\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and former instructor of English and American studies at the University of Tennessee. He has published articles on southern writers and edited a special issue of the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e devoted to Crews. His 1997 interview with Harry Crews from that magazine is included in this collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51886097596704,"sku":"9780813081427","price":30.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/nd_EfPdvnx9780813081427.webp?v=1781898669","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/getting-naked-with-harry-crews-interviews-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}