Conversations With Leslie Marmon Silko (Literary Conversations Series)

Novelist and poet Silko has granted few interviews since her first novel, Ceremony (1977), was published and has even remarked that "novelists should write more and talk less." Yet, she's a fluent and thoughtful interviewee, answering questions in depth with equal measures of seriousness and humor in the 16 hard-to-find interviews gathered here.

Editor Arnold provides a concise introduction, noting that Silko, of Native American, Mexican, and white ancestry, grew up in Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, where she developed a love for traditional Native American storytelling and a devotion to reading and writing.