"An Evening With William Burroughs"

Thirty-five years ago, Richard Goodman spent an evening with William Burroughs in his London flat. Burroughs talked about Naked Lunch, Terry Southern, Jean Genet, Norman Mailer, and his years in Mexico as a host of friends came and went.

Selected Works

Nonfiction

"I possess a deep prejudice against anything written by Anglo-Saxons about their lives in or near French villages. So, Richard, I thank you for breaking the spell. I like very much what you wrote."
–M.F.K. Fisher

"French Dirt is one of the most charming, perceptive and subtle books ever written about the French by an American."
–San Francisco Chronicle

"Goodman borrows a plot of land on which to grow a garden, a project that his neighbors view first with curiosity, then with sympathy and a deepening sense of involvement. There's a genuine sweetness about the way the cucumbers and tomatoes bridge the divide of nationality."
-Francine Prose, New York Times

"Richard Goodman’s marvelous book, The Soul of Creative Writing, will instruct, delight, edify, challenge, reassure, and guide any student of writing to a personal best."
–Molly Peacock, author of Cornucopia: New & Selected Poems

"Richard Goodman is one of the most generous and astute literary guides I've read. This book is a gift to writers."
–Rebecca Walker, author of Black, White and Jewish

"This book is not just for writers then, but for lovers of words and writing. For renewing my excitement about what I've chosen to do for a living, this book deserves thirteen exclamation marks".
–Stephanie Dickison, The Writer

Quick Links

Richard Goodman reading "Elegy for an English Bike"
Richard interviewed by poet Jeanie Thompson for Alabama Public Radio
Richard interviewed by Derek Alger of Pif Magazine
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