World Literature Today, March 22nd, 2002
Leslie Kane, ed. Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press. 2001, xiv + 248 pages $47.50 ($16.95 paper) ISBN 0-472-09764-4 (06764-8 paper) "I AM ONE OF THOSE ASSHOLES"--David Mamet, describing himself, in an interview in 1984 conducted by Matthew C. Roudane. Demonstrating his trademark talent for turning obscenity into poetry, Mamet sums himself up better than just about anyone. In this collection of conversations, the prizewinning playwright says the same thing over and over to a variety of interviewers who love him, his language, his work ethic, and his success to the point of adulation. Mame...
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