Yes, I loved O'Hara and was certainly influenced by him as
well as Sinclair Lewis, Sherwoood Anderson, all the American
male writers. There weren't many women I read or admired
except the great Carson McCullers/
Michael Robison <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This is still on the theme of what you've read,
but
> just going back a few years. During your Gold
Medal
> period, can you name some of the authors and
books
> that influenced your writing? Authors are
sometimes
> compared to earlier writers that they never read.
I
> think that Boucher compared your Vin Packer style
to
> O'Hara, didn't he? I've only read
O'Hara's
> APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA, but I can see how a
comparison
> is justified. You both deal with the
corrosive
> effects of a harsh society on the human psyche,
and
> you both have an element of social history in
your
> work.
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