Myers (literature, Gettysburg College) presents 16 interviews that originally appeared in the pages of the Irish Literary Supplement between 1984 and 1994. Following a critical essay exploring some of the aesthetics and conventions of the interview form itself, the conversations record the authors' perceptions of their own works, the process by which those writings came into being, and commentary on other writers' work. The lively give and-take dialogue reveals the passion with which the authors regard literature and their own writing.