John F. Baker PW Interviews: Alex Haley
(John F. Baker PW Interviews: Alex Haley was originally published within Publishers Weekly on September 6, 1976.) John F. Baker has been with Publishers Weekly for thirty-one years, serving as…
How To Get The Most From The Interview
(John C. Behrens, Alex Haley) The Magazine Writer’s WorkbookHow To Get The Most From The Interview Within his August 1967 introduction to this work entitled: Memo To A Would-Be Writer,…
Alex Haley: The Man Behind Roots (June 1980)
Alex Haley: The Man Behind Roots (Jeffrey M. Elliot, Alex Haley) Not long ago, Dr. Jeffrey Elliot was granted an exclusive interview with Alex Haley. “Corralling Haley for a sustained…
A Talk With Haley By Doug Hatcher
(Alex Haley granted the following interview to Orient writer Doug Hatcher before his lecture in Pickard Theater October 5, 1984.) Tonight, Bowdoin’s impressive series of fall lectures continues as Alex…
Alex Haley Remembers Malcolm X: An Interview With David Gallen
Alex Haley Remembers Malcolm X: An Interview With David Gallen was originally published within A Malcolm X Reader in October of 1991.) Malcolm X was born hungry, and he grew…
Parting The Curtains: Interviews With Southern Writers
When Maya Angelou writes, she rents a room in a hotel where none of the staff will admit knowing who she is. Whenever Pat Conroy needs jump-starting, he phones his…
Alex Haley’s Taproot
(For the January 1, 1982 issue of These Times Magazine, Betty Kossick, a free-lance writer and published author, interviewed Alex Haley. The title that she assigned to the interview was…
And Still We Rise: Interviews With 50 Black Role Models
(Barbara Reynolds, Based on the Inquiry And Opinion Pages of USA Today) And Still We Rise: Interviews With 50 Black Role ModelsAnd Still We Rise By Barbara Reynolds (1988) Barbara…
An Interview With Roots’ Alex Haley By Arthur Unger
(Alex Haley granted the following interview to Ellensburg Daily Record writer, Arthur Unger, on February 2, 1977.) Alex Haley is an industry. A sensitive, talented, articulate man—but an industry as…
Alex Haley At Home In The Hills Of East Tennessee
(Alex Haley was originally interviewed by Ann Hawthorne in the Journal: Appalachia; Vol. 25, No. 1 p33-40, Winter 1992.) An interview with Alex Haley by Ann Hawthorne six months before…