![]() ![]() Peter Guralnick: From my point of view, writing fiction or nonfiction is a process of total immersion. Can you speak to this belief in the context of your writing process for the Sam Phillips project? Interviewer: During your Southern Festival of Books talk, you mentioned that it’s important for any writer-and especially any nonfiction writer-to avoid imposing a specific narrative upon a story, that the writing process needs to be a more organic process of discovery. We spoke on the phone two and a half weeks after Peter’s appearance at Nashville’s 2016 Southern Festival of Books. ![]() ![]() His most recent book, a biography of seminal Sun Studio and Sun Records founder Sam Phillips entitled Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘N’ Roll, has also won a number of awards and was a finalist for the Plutarch Award for Best Biography of the Year, awarded by the Biographers International Organization. ![]() His work has prompted wide-ranging critical acclaim from the likes of music critic Nat Hentoff, who has referred to Peter as a “national resource,” to Bob Dylan, who noted of Last Train to Memphis that “this book cancels out all others.” In addition to his written work, Peter has won a Grammy (for his liner notes for Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club ), and has been inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. Peter Guralnick is the author of over ten books, including the award-winning biographies of Elvis Presley and Sam Cooke. ![]()
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