Research English At Durham

In a wide-ranging interview, Pulitzer-prize-winning novelist Jane Smiley explains  how literary characters take on a life of their own, reflects on the  representation of the body in literature, and examines her own status as  a female novelist emerging in the 1970s. This conversation between Dr Jennifer Terry and Jane Smiley was recorded at the Literary Dolls conference in 2014. Find out more at READ: Research English At Durham.