In the early Seventies, I started writing a little autobiographical novel about my childhood - I made it into a mystery story. Bobbie Ann Mason autobiographicalchildhoodearly Change image and share on social
I read many riveting escape-and-evade accounts of airmen and of the Resistance networks organized to hide them and then send them on grueling treks across the Pyrenees to safety. But it was the people I met in France and Belgium who made the period come alive for me. They had lived it. Bobbie Ann Mason accountairmanalive share on social
Since 'Huckleberry Finn,' or thereabouts, it seemed that all American literature was about the alienated hero. Bobbie Ann Mason alienateamericanfinn Change image and share on social
In the 1980s, Vietnam emerged in our culture as a legitimate and compelling topic for discussion rather than something to be hidden in shame. Bobbie Ann Mason 1980scompelculture Change image and share on social
The farm is one field to the east of the railroad track that used to connect New Orleans with Chicago. The track runs beside Highway 45, an old U.S. route that unites Chicago with Mobile, Alabama. Bobbie Ann Mason alabamachicagoconnect Change image and share on social
The small family farm is dying; people's lives are being dislocated. Bobbie Ann Mason diedislocatefamily Change image and share on social
'In Country' is about a high school girl's quest for knowledge about her father, who died in Vietnam just before she was born. Bobbie Ann Mason bearcountrydie Change image and share on social
Because we lived only a mile outside the town of Mayfield, I was acutely conscious of being country. I felt inferior to people in town because we had to grow our food and make our clothes. Bobbie Ann Mason acutelyclotheconscious Change image and share on social
I used my NEA fellowship to write my novel, 'In Country,' which was published by Harper & Row in 1985. Bobbie Ann Mason countryfellowshipharper Change image and share on social
I was very bookish and shy. I didn't have playmates, ever. Bobbie Ann Mason bookishplaymateshy Change image and share on social