- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Philip Lee Williams: Inevitability
- Creator:
- Williams, Philip Lee
- Contributor to Resource:
- Video by Darby Carl Sanders, New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Date of Original:
- 2002/2006
- Subject:
- Arts--Georgia
Culture - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Novelist Philip Lee Williams describes why a work should feel "inevitable."
Video recording of Georgia author Philip Lee Williams speaking about the success of a fictional work coming from the work's "inevitability." He sits before a wooden wall. He asserts that a successful novel must be believable both in terms of plot and characters. He notes that "one of the greatest compliments you can pay a novelist" is to say "it's true."
Williams is an award-winning novelist who has spent his entire life in Georgia. He is the author of nine novels, two memoirs, one essay collection, and a children's book. Also a widely published poet, he founded and edited the poetry journal Ataraxia. In 2007 Williams received a Governor's Award in the Humanities in recognition of his many contributions to the state's literary heritage. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/philip-lee-williams-b-1950/williams_talks_15_t1/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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