I Want to Talk to You

And Other Conversations

Diana Evans

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Chatto & Windus
11 June 2024

Memoirs; Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary essays

Essays on music, dance and literature, fusing cultural criticism, social commentary and memoir, exploring the same concerns found in Diana's fiction -- but here from a more direct angle, collected together for the first time

From the critically acclaimed author of Ordinary People and A House for Alice - discover inspiring and far-reaching pieces of essays and journalism, brought together for the first time

Mariah Carey lies back on a king-size bed in a vest and a pair of boxer shorts, Lauryn Hill sits down with a sigh and says 'listen, child. I'm one of those old young people - I feel 40 and I'm only 23', and Viola Davis talks about losing her mind and writing her memoir during the pandemic. These are just a few of the iconic moments crystallised forever in interviews given to Diana Evans throughout her career as a journalist.

Moving through a series of portraits, we then consider writers and writing. As well as a meeting with the transcendent and ethereal Alice Walker and a five-minute interview with the inimitable Maya Angelou, we engage with Updike, Baldwin and Rhys, and the impact that these writers had upon Diana's own writing. Finally, we zoom out and consider the world in which we and our loved ones live in, from sewing dresses during lockdown and the power of yoga, to talking to her daughter about mental health.

Crafted from 1998 to 2023, with the intelligence and sensitivity that Diana Evans is known for, I Want To Talk To You is a collection of pieces old and new about literature, art, creativity, and everything in between.

By: Diana Evans
Imprint: Chatto & Windus
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9781784744250
ISBN 10: 1784744255
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 11 June 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Diana Evans is the author of the novels 26a, The Wonder and Ordinary People. She has received nominations for the Whitbread First Novel, the Guardian First Book and the Commonwealth Best First Book awards and was the inaugural winner of the Orange Award for New Writers. Ordinary People won the 2019 South Bank Sky Arts Award for Literature and was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Rathbones Folio Prize and the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, and also received a nomination for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction. Her journalism appears in Time magazine, the Guardian, Vogue and the Financial Times. She lives in London. www.diana-evans.com

Reviews for I Want to Talk to You: And Other Conversations

One of our most outstanding writers * Bernardine Evaristo * A lyrical and glorious writer * Naomi Alderman * A writer at the top of her game * Leone Ross, on A House for Alice * Evans is always, always on the finest of forms * Candice Carty-Williams *