Getting Naked with Harry Crews: Interviews

In these 26 interviews, novelist Harry Crews discusses writing, literary
influences, his fascination with so-called ＂freaks,＂ his failed
relationships, the impact of alcohol and drugs on his life and work, and
more.

Harry Crews (1935-2012) was the author of 23 books, including The
Gospel Singer, Naked in Garden Hills, This Thing Don’t Lead to Heaven,
Karate Is a Thing of the Spirit, Car, The Hawk Is Dying, The Gypsy’s
Curse, A Feast of Snakes, A Childhood: The Biography of a Place, Blood
and Grits, The Enthusiast, All We Need of Hell, The Knockout Artist,
Body, Scar Lover, The Mulching of America, Celebration, and Florida Frenzy.

Erik Bledsoe
is a writer and former instructor of English and American studies at
the University of Tennessee. He has published articles on southern
writers and edited a special issue of the Southern Quarterly devoted to Crews. His 1997 interview with Harry Crews from that magazine is included in this collection.