TELLING STORIES, TALKING CRAFT is a collection of fifteen conversations with some of the finest contemporary fiction writers. These distinguished authors discuss their lives and their craft in candid, thought-provoking interviews from the pages of SYCAMORE REVIEW, Purdue University's international journal of literature, opinion and the arts. CHARLES BAXTER on the myth of productivity KATE BERNHEIMER on taking women seriously LARRY BROWN on happy endings ROBERT OLEN BUTLER on war and fear MICHAEL CHABON on his reputation in Finland LAN SAMANTHA CHANG on fiction since 9/11 PETER HO DAVIES on...