Interview with Tennessee Willism, by Cecil Brown, THE PARTISAN REVIEW

');

The Partisan Review •ï¿½65 Years, 285 Issues, 6,038 Articles, 41,112pp

← Previous ArticleEntire IssueNext Article →

Articles

Interview with Tennessee Willism

by Cecil Brown

The Partisan Review, Spring 1978, pp. 276-305

Show MoreShow AllFinding...Find More

[+]
Issues of the 1930s = 6 Years, 29 Issues, 494 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1934 = 5 Issues, 86 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1935 = 4 Issues, 74 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1936 = 6 Issues, 104 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1937 = 1 Issue, 18 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1938 = 9 Issues, 114 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1939 = 4 Issues, 98 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1940s = 10 Years, 65 Issues, 1,109 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1940 = 6 Issues, 90 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1941 = 6 Issues, 92 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1942 = 6 Issues, 127 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1943 = 5 Issues, 75 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1944 = 4 Issues, 93 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1945 = 4 Issues, 85 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1946 = 5 Issues, 101 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1947 = 5 Issues, 84 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1948 = 12 Issues, 190 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1949 = 12 Issues, 172 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1950s = 7 Years, 29 Issues, 494 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1951 = 6 Issues, 86 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1954 = 4 Issues, 58 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1955 = 3 Issues, 48 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1956 = 4 Issues, 67 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1957 = 4 Issues, 77 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1958 = 4 Issues, 71 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1959 = 4 Issues, 87 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1960s = 10 Years, 36 Issues, 688 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1960 = 4 Issues, 77 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1961 = 4 Issues, 62 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1962 = 4 Issues, 82 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1963 = 3 Issues, 54 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1964 = 4 Issues, 84 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1965 = 3 Issues, 66 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1966 = 3 Issues, 49 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1967 = 4 Issues, 87 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1968 = 4 Issues, 74 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1969 = 3 Issues, 53 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1970s = 10 Years, 39 Issues, 847 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1970 = 4 Issues, 59 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1971 = 4 Issues, 53 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1972 = 4 Issues, 82 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1973 = 3 Issues, 64 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1974 = 4 Issues, 87 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1975 = 4 Issues, 99 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1976 = 4 Issues, 100 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1977 = 4 Issues, 113 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1978 = 4 Issues, 92 Articles
  1. [+]
    Winter 1978 Issue = 26 Articles
    1. Notes, pp. 7-8
    2. Contemporary Women Poets by Colette Inez, p. 9
    3. Romance (Sans Rimbaud) by Ann Lauterbach, p. 10
    4. River by Kate Farrell, pp. 11-12
    5. Lullaby by Cheri Fein, p. 13
    6. Ecology by Dorothy Friedman, p. 14
    7. Decent Formality by Lois Moyles, p. 15
    8. Nostalgia by Rachel Hadas, pp. 16-17
    9. Les Fauves by Carol Polcovar, p. 18
    10. Three Poems by Sarah Plimpton, p. 19
    11. The Opposite of a Still Life by Ellen Wisoff, p. 20
    12. Greenhouses and Gardens by Marjorie Welish, pp. 21-22
    13. The Senses Briefly: A Letter by Rosmarie Waldrop, p. 23
    14. New Therapies, New Problems by Sonya Rudikoff, pp. 24-37
    15. Chandler's Own Long Goodbye by Natasha Spender, pp. 38-65
    16. Dead Season by Bruno Schulz, pp. 66-79
    17. Castelli by Barbaralee Diamonstein, pp. 80-93
    18. "Gnawed Bones" and "Artless Tales" by Tony Tanner, pp. 94-107
    19. Heart of Darkness and Nineteenth-Century Thought by Ian Watt, pp. 108-119
    20. The Consensus in Favor of Democracy in Spain by Jorge Edwards, pp. 120-123
    21. Breathless Revisited by Jonathan Baumbach, pp. 124-127
    22. [+]
      What Happened by Frank Kermode, pp. 128-132 - 1 Review
      1. We Must March My Darlings by Diana Trilling
    23. [+]
      Class and Classless Societies by Anthony Giddens, pp. 133-141 - 2 Reviews
      1. Class in a Capitalist Society by John Westergaard and Henrietta Resler
      2. Schooling in Capitalist America by Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis
    24. [+]
      Collecting the Unconscious by Edward Marcotte, pp. 142-145 - 1 Review
      1. Structural Anthropology by Claude Levi-Strauss
    25. [+]
      Angels and Rebels by John Romano, pp. 146-150 - 1 Review
      1. Naked Angels by John Tytell
    26. [+]
      Free and Easy by G.S. Fraser, pp. 151-164 - 6 Reviews
      1. Poems: Selected and New, 1950-1974 by Adrienne Rich
      2. The Sleeping Lord and Other Fragments by David Michael Jones
      3. Poems 4 by Alan Dugan
      4. Trilogy by Diane Wakoski
      5. Writings to an Unfinished Accompaniment by W.S. Merwin
      6. Poems of Black Africa by Wole Soyinka
  2. [+]
    Spring 1978 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. Notes, p. 172
    2. Conversations with Brecht by Walter Benjamin, pp. 173-184
    3. Daguerre, or the Panoramas by Walter Benjamin, p. 185
    4. Grandville, or the World Exhibitions by Walter Benjamin, pp. 186-187
    5. Baudelaire, or the Streets of Paris by Walter Benjamin, pp. 188-191
    6. The Birth of the Middle-Aged Writer by Ronald Hayman, pp. 192-205
    7. Modernism and Capitalism by Daniel Bell, pp. 206-222
    8. The Computer Terminal by Siv Cedering Fox, pp. 223-231
    9. First Chapter by Jules Olitski, pp. 232-247
    10. Contemporary Dissent in Russia, pp. 248-264
    11. Poems by Art Lange, pp. 265-267
    12. The Marble Faun by Bernadette Mayer, pp. 268-271
    13. Sonnet 8.II, after Rilke by Charles Haseloff, p. 272
    14. I am Reminded of the Redskin by Ethel Gofen, p. 273
    15. Blue Is Not Your Dying by Andrew Rosenheim, p. 274
    16. Crool Time by Gilbert Sorrentino, p. 275
    17. Interview with Tennessee Willism by Cecil Brown, pp. 276-305
    18. Capital of Fear by Luis Harss, pp. 306-310
    19. [+]
      Solzhenitsyn's Lenin by Leonard Schapiro, pp. 311-312 - 1 Review
      1. Lenin in Zurich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
    20. [+]
      Images of Modernism by Donald Marshall, pp. 313-316 - 1 Review
      1. Charles Baudelaire by Walter Benjamin
    21. [+]
      Two Cheers for the Status Quo by Martin Jay, pp. 317-321 - 1 Review
      1. Utopia and Revolution by Melvin J. Lasky
    22. Letters, pp. 322-328
  3. [+]
    Summer 1978 Issue = 28 Articles
    1. Notes, pp. 335-336
    2. The Roots of Narcissism by Hans Morgenthau and Ethel Person, pp. 337-347
    3. Hannah Arendt by Martin Jay, pp. 348-367
    4. Opposing Views; Aspects of Handke by Leon Botstein, pp. 368-380
    5. The Daisy Dolls by Felisberto Hernandez, pp. 381-415
    6. The Fiction by Jerome Klinkowitz, pp. 416-424
    7. A Play by Ira Hauptman, pp. 425-430
    8. Poems by Anthony Barnett, p. 431
    9. Lady Lady by Ray Di Palma, p. 432
    10. Conscience; The Child; Verisimilitude by Robert Dean, pp. 433-434
    11. How Is It by Ted Greenwald, p. 435
    12. Spring Street Bar; The Translation of Verver by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, p. 436
    13. Fairy Tale by Brian Swann, p. 437
    14. Named Lazarus by Lois Moyles, p. 438
    15. Against the Personality Cult by Jenny Joseph, p. 439
    16. Reynaldo in Paris by Leon Stokesbury, p. 440
    17. Slump by Paul Violi, pp. 440-441
    18. Stairway Beach by Marc Cohen, pp. 442-443
    19. In the Moment; A Small Hand by Richard Thomas, p. 444
    20. Mauve Flowers of the Ubiquitous Wisteria by Anne Waldman, p. 445
    21. Portrait of a Woman of Letters by Phyllis Rose, pp. 446-457
    22. [+]
      the State of Social Theory by Anthony Giddens, pp. 458-459 - 1 Review
      1. The Restructuring of Social and Political Theory by Richard J. Bernstein
    23. [+]
      Remembering Ransom by Robie Macauley, pp. 460-462 - 1 Review
      1. Gentleman in a Dustcoat by Thomas Daniel Young
    24. [+]
      Chomsky's Structures by Gilbert Harman, pp. 463-464 - 1 Review
      1. Reflections on Language by Noam Chomsky
    25. [+]
      The Text of a Life by Paul Delany, pp. 465-469 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Pleasure of the Text by Roland Barthes
      2. Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes
    26. [+]
      Fathers and Sons by Neil Schmitz, pp. 470-473 - 3 Reviews
      1. A Book of Dreams by Peter Reich
      2. Photographs of My Father by Paul Spike
      3. Kentucky Ham by William S. Burroughs
    27. [+]
      The Uses of Analysis by Lore Segal, pp. 474-477 - 1 Review
      1. The Uses of Enchantment by Bruno Bettelheim
    28. [+]
      TV Guides by Asa Briggs, pp. 478-492 - 2 Reviews
      1. Tube of Plenty by Erik Barnouw
      2. Television by Raymond Williams
  4. [+]
    Fall 1978 Issue = 16 Articles
    1. The Liberated Heroine by Diana Trilling, pp. 501-522
    2. What is Art? by Melvin M. Tumin, pp. 523-560
    3. The Goodbye Present by Daniel Asa Rose, pp. 561-579
    4. Poems by Lloyd Schwartz, pp. 580-585
    5. Careers by Marjorie Welish, pp. 586-587
    6. The New Church; Preparations by G.S. Sharat Chandra, pp. 588-589
    7. The Opera; The Extraterritorial Beard by Roger Connah, pp. 590-591
    8. The Fifth Season by A.F. Roberts, p. 592
    9. Prayer at the End of a Tomb by James C. McCullagh, pp. 593-594
    10. Myshkin's Epilepsy by Elizabeth Dalton, pp. 595-610
    11. The Last Book by Jay Martin, pp. 611-626
    12. [+]
      Bringing It All Back Home by Morris Dickstein, pp. 627-633 - 1 Review
      1. Coming Home (1978 Film) by Hal Ashby
    13. [+]
      Misreading Bloom by Ronald Sukenick, pp. 634-635 - 1 Review
      1. Wallace Stevens: The Poems of Our Climate by Harold Bloom
    14. [+]
      A Man for All Seasons by W.W. Robson, pp. 636-641 - 1 Review
      1. The Life of Bertrand Russell by Ronald W. Clark
    15. [+]
      Structuralist Psychoanalysis by Edith Kurzweil, pp. 642-652 - 1 Review
      1. Ecrits: A Selection by Jacques Lacan
    16. Index, pp. 653-656
10. [+]
  Issues of 1979 = 4 Issues, 98 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1980s = 10 Years, 39 Issues, 1,003 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1980 = 4 Issues, 115 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1981 = 4 Issues, 95 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1982 = 4 Issues, 95 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1983 = 4 Issues, 93 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1984 = 4 Issues, 116 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1985 = 3 Issues, 78 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1986 = 4 Issues, 89 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1987 = 4 Issues, 107 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1988 = 4 Issues, 109 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1989 = 4 Issues, 106 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1990s = 10 Years, 40 Issues, 1,206 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1990 = 4 Issues, 139 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1991 = 4 Issues, 113 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1992 = 4 Issues, 114 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1993 = 4 Issues, 111 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1994 = 4 Issues, 118 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1995 = 4 Issues, 128 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1996 = 4 Issues, 126 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1997 = 4 Issues, 103 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1998 = 4 Issues, 125 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1999 = 4 Issues, 129 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 2000s = 2 Years, 8 Issues, 197 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 2000 = 4 Issues, 98 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 2001 = 4 Issues, 99 Articles