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Passing the Three Gates: Interviews with Charles Johnson

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Description for Passing the Three Gates: Interviews with Charles Johnson Paperback. Contains extracts from Johnson's several interviews, giving an account of Johnson's development from the late 1970s until the early years of the twenty-first century. This title brings up many elements of Johnson's life and work: his religious development from the AME Church to Buddhism and the importance of family to him. Editor(s): McWilliams, Jim. Series: V Ethel Willis White Books. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.

Known for his blending of philosophy, spirituality, humor, and a rollicking good story, Charles Johnson is one of the most important novelists writing today. From his magical first novel, Faith and the Good Thing, to his decidedly philosophical Oxherding Tale; from his swashbuckling indictment of the slave trade in the National Book Award-winning Middle Passage, to his more recent imaginative treatment of Martin Luther King Jr. in Dreamer, Johnson has continually surprised, instructed, and entertained his many avid readers. As this collection of interviews suggests, the novelist is as multifaceted and complex as his novels. Trained in cartooning and philosophy, ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
V Ethel Willis White Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295984391
SKU
9780295984391
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About McWilliams
Jim McWilliams is associate professor of English at Dickinson State University, North Dakota.

Reviews for Passing the Three Gates: Interviews with Charles Johnson
"Essential material for the reader interested in Johnson's life and work, and also interested more broadly in contemporary American literature. Johnson's standing as public intellectual, and as a force to be reckoned with in all cultural debates in America, is well recognized; but this book expresses his thought with a coherence and complexity that heretofore has not been available."
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