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Stuart Dybek with Mike Nickel and Adrian Smith (interview date Winter 1997)

SOURCE: "An Interview with Stuart Dybek," in Chicago Review, Vol. 43, No. 1, Winter, 1997, pp. 87-101.

[In the following interview, Dybek discusses what he thinks of the label "Chicago writer," his approach to writing, and the importance of form.]

The following interview was conducted as part of the University of Memphis's ongoing River City Writers Series; the conversation took place March 7, 1995, in Memphis. Stuart Dybek's books include two collections of short stories, Childhood and Other Neighborhoods, and Coast of Chicago, as well as a work of poetry, Brass Knuckles. A recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the Academy of Arts and Letters, Dybek's writing may be found in The New Yorker, and The Best American Short Stories of 1995.

[Nickel:] I thought we'd start by talking about the Chicago style with which...

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1. Introduction
2. Principal Works
3. Criticism
   1. Reg Saner (review date 1980)
   2. Robert Ward (review date 1980)
   3. Bruce Cook (review date 13 January 1980)
   4. Ivan Gold (review date 24 February 1980)
   5. David Clewell (review date Spring-Summer 1980)
   6. David Kubal (review date Autumn 1980)
   7. Joseph Coates (review date 8 April 1990)
   8. Michiko Kakutani (review date 20 April 1990)
   9. Katharine Weber (review date 20 May 1990)
   10. David Montrose (review date 26 July 1991)
   11. Thomas S. Gladsky (essay date Summer 1995)
   12. Stuart Dybek with Mike Nickel and Adrian Smith (interview date Winter 1997)
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