Carolyn Chute talks with Don during this 1986 interview about her first novel, The Beans of Egypt, and how she used her experiences living in poverty to mold the book. She also discusses what experiences in her childhood led her to become a writer and how the publication of this book has changed her life. She is also the author of Letourneau’s Used Auto Parts and Merry Men.

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Carolyn Chute, author of The Beans of Egypt, Maine and Snow Man, talks about the challenges of writing fiction. She says that it is harder to write and sell fiction than it is for nonfiction. A teacher once asked Chute to give a speech at school to discuss creative writing, and she discusses that experience and more in this 1988 interview with Don Swaim.

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