![]() ![]() I observed two graduate seminars: The Perfect Poem, and Dead White Guys, in which she discussed the poetry of Wallace Stevens. She had not yet warmed to the idea of a formal interview, so we toured her life in Syracuse instead. Years it’s gone on that way.”įinally, this spring, I flew to meet Karr in upstate New York, where she has taught at Syracuse University since 1991. ![]() “Who knows about the memoir,” she wrote, when I asked if I could read it, “It circles me like a gnat. She had started the book over twice, throwing away nearly a thousand pages, and had been working long hours to meet her deadline. She was finishing her third memoir, Lit, which was published in November of 2009. ![]() “Are you sure I have that much to say?” she wrote in one preinterview e-mail. There were numerous reasons for this-she was traveling she was teaching she lives across the country from me-but perhaps the main reason was that Karr is surprisingly diffident when it comes to talking about herself. ![]() Nearly two years passed between our initial contact, in July of 2007, and our first session. Interviewed by Amanda Fortini Issue 191, Winter 2009įor a writer who has shared herself with the public in three memoirs, Mary Karr is an extraordinarily elusive interview subject. ![]()
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