Most of the time I was in the Northeast, I lived in the country, and I think that helped me to discover my material for writing. Bobbie Ann Mason countrydiscoverhelp Change image and share on social
Rock and roll is about desire, about wanting something better. I think my characters all want something better. My understanding of the rock and roll dream is that a kid in an isolated place or a small town or an underprivileged world could transcend it somehow. Bobbie Ann Mason characterdesiredream share on social
When I was growing up on our 53-acre dairy farm, we were obsessed with food; it was the center of our lives. We planted it, grew it, harvested it, peeled it, cooked it, served it, consumed it - endlessly, day after day, season after season. Bobbie Ann Mason acrecenterconsume share on social
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
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
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
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
'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
