Publisher's Synopsis
The writers gathered together in The Peregrine Reader is like a roll-call of contemporary American masters of fiction and poetry, and lovers of American literature will devour these essays and talks on the reading and writing process, given to the annual National Undergraduate Literature Conference over the last twelve years. Contributors include Ann Beattie, Ray Bradbury, Raymond Carver, E. L. Doctorow, Richard Ford, Tess Gallagher, Maxine Kumin, Doug Unger, Tobias Wolff, and many others.