Lit Chat: Mona Simpson By Joy Press
The author of "A Regular Guy" on the dangers of autobiographical fiction, university-trained novelists and the unbearable emptiness of Silicon Valley. (10/21/96)

Lit Chat: Nick Hornby By Cynthia Joyce
Hornby -- whose rock and roll novel, "High Fidelity," nailed down some classic male fears -- talks about England, screenwriting and examining every word. (10/14/96)

Lit Chat: Oliver Sacks (3/23/96)

Lit Chat: Alice Walker (3/9/96)

Lit Chat: A.S. Byatt (2/24/96)

Lit Chat: Joyce Carol Oates (1/27/96)

Lit Chat: Barbara Kingsolver (12/16/95)

Lit Chat: Edna O'Brien (12/2/95)

Lit Chat: John le Carré (11/20/95)