Clips from Our Interview
with Ann
An Audio Interview
Narrative Magazine’s senior editor Lacy Crawford interviewed Ann for the in-depth profile published in our May 2007 issue. With the same incisive perception that’s so present in her writing, Ann discusses several of her works, as well as a story by her friend and colleague, Deborah Eisenberg. Ann generously reveals her writing process—the moments her characters surprise her, how life sparks events in fiction, and the satisfactions of doing challenging work.
AUDIO
Ann Beattie’s emergence in the 1970s as a preeminent writer was key in creating the 1980s short story renaissance. Her exploration of the subtle cruelties and desires of the heart has steadily advanced the story form, and in 2000 she received the PEN/Bernard Malamud Award for Lifetime Achievement for her first seven story collections. Her eighth collection, Follies, is represented in Narrative’s Archive by her story “Just Going Out.” Ann and her husband, the painter Lincoln Perry, live in Florida and in Charlottesville, where she teaches at the University of Virginia.
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