In the preface to her study of Reynolds Price's works, Constance Rooke claims that Price's vision is "darker than many of his readers have supposed." Perhaps one of the reasons for this dark vision is Price's philosophy about his life as a writer,...

Reynolds Price is most accurately described as a writer whose sharp realism and striking use of the local color of northern North Carolina are tinged with fantasy and, at times, mysticism. Price embraces the area about which he usually writes with...

(Edward) Reynolds Price was born in Macon, North Carolina, on 1 February 1933, the son of William Solomon and Elizabeth Rodwell Price. Both in his work and his life, he has rarely strayed far from the place of his birth. Price attended nearby Duke...

Southern novelist and man of letters Reynolds Price has been a distinguished figure in American literature since the 1962 publication of his first novel, A Long and Happy Life. With a distinct prose style and rich narrative voice that are firmly rooted...

Reynolds Price Reynolds Price (born February_1, 1933, as Edward Reynolds Price) is an American novelist, poet, dramatist, essayist and James B. Duke Professor of English at Duke University. Apart from English literature, Price has had a lifelong...

It is no accident that Reynolds Price is our featured writer on a day that celebrates both fathers and gay Americans. Both themes figure large in his life. Both are certainly at the epicenter of his novel {ital} The Promise of Rest {end ital}....

Understanding Reynolds Price, by James A. Schiff. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1996. xiv, 218pp. $24.95. As with many volumes in the series Understanding Contemporary American Literature edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli, James A. Schiff's Understanding Reynolds Price is a useful,...

Rooke is an American critic and short story writer. In the following excerpt, she examines the series of errors that lead to isolation and imperfect love in Permanent Errors.

Following is an excerpt from a lecture Price gave at Hendrix College in Arkansas where he answered questions from the faculty and staff. Price discusses his relationship to the setting and characters in "Waiting at Dachau " and offers insights into the characters and events of the story.

In the following review, Carlson emphasizes the effective realism and emotional intensity of Price's stories.