Glenn Olsen: 2 books

The piece that you are reading now has been the most difficult piece I have written in the whole book. Having to write about the author when the author is yourself without sounding pretentious- quite frankly does not suit me. What we have here is a collection of words that form what I would...

We Wanted to be Writers is a rollicking and insightful blend of original interviews, commentary, advice, gossip, anecdotes, analyses, history, and asides with nearly thirty graduates and teachers at the now legendary Iowa Writers' Workshop between 1974 and 1978. Among the talents that emerged in those...