Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Nichols, John Treadwell

I got mine confessions of a midlist writer John Nichols - Albuquerque, New Mexico High Road Books 2022 - 269 pages illustrations, portraits, photographs ; 24 cm

"High Road Books is an imprint of the University of New Mexico Press."

"I Got Mine: Confessions of a Midlist Writer is the memoir of Nichols' extraordinary life, as seen through the lens of his writing. Everything that went into making him a writer and eventually found an outlet in his work--his education, family, wives, children, friends, enemies, politics, and place--is told from the point of view of his daily practice of writing. Beginning with his first novel, The Sterile Cuckoo, published in 1965 when he was just twenty-four, Nichols shares his highs and lows: his ambivalent relationship with money; his growing disenchantment with the hypocrisy of capitalism; and his love-hate relationship with Hollywood--including the years-long struggle of working with director Robert Redford on the film version of The Milagro Beanfield War, which was filmed around Truchas and featured many of Nichols' northern New Mexico neighbors. Throughout I Got Mine Nichols spins a shining thread connecting his lifelong engagement with progressive political causes, his passionate interest in and identification with ordinary people, and his deep connection to the land" --

0826363792 9780826363794

2021953095



020627564 Uk


Nichols, John Treadwell 1940-2023 --Biography.


1900-1999


Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
Biography & Autobiography--Personal Memoirs
Biography & Autobiography--Literary.
Language Arts & Disciplines--Writing--Composition
Authors, American



PS3564.I274 / Z46 2022

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