Description

Larry McCaffery meets with Stephen Wright at Wright’s home in New York. The majority of the interview concerns Going Native, Wright’s then forthcoming novel (which would be published a year later) and the ideas and process by which the novel was written. After some discussion on the current state of American culture and Wright’s belief that there is no truth behind the idea of the “death of the novel”, the interview focuses on Wright’s first two books, M31: A Family Romance and Meditations in Green. An extra segment after the initial conclusion of the interview concerns Wright’s work on his newest book, The Amalgamation Polka which would not be published until 2006. After the conclusion of the interview, McCaffery records a few notes on ideas that were discussed over dinner between himself and Wright.