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Wilson, Lanford - Lanford Wilson with Gene A. Barnett (interview date 21 April 1981)

Lanford Wilson with Gene A. Barnett (interview date 21 April 1981)

SOURCE: Wilson, Lanford, and Gene A. Barnett. “Recreating the Magic: An Interview with Lanford Wilson.” Ball State University Forum 25, no. 2 (spring 1984): 57-74.

[In the following interview, conducted on April 21, 1981, Wilson discusses his preference for drama, literary influences, writing habits and choices, and response to critics.]

Gene A. Barnett, a native of Missouri, holds the Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin. He has taught at Wayne State University and is now a professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck Campus. He is the author of the volume on Irish playwright Denis Johnston in the Twayne English Author Series and of several articles on subjects related to modern drama and American Literature. He is completing a book on Lanford Wilson for the Twayne American Author Series.

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