The Great American novel / [sound recording]. National town meeting. Williams, William Carlos American fiction 20th century History and criticism. PS379 RYA 7755 813 WIL Broadcast Oct. 1, 1981, on National Public Radio. Recorded at a National town meeting held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. In this panel discussion, novelists Francine du Plessix Gray and Larry McMurtry join with William McPherson of the Washington post to consider the present and future state of the novel in America. Topics include: what makes a novel great, the death of the novel, how authors are inspired to begin a novel, and other topics. Includes a question-and-answer session. Washington, D.C. : National Public Radio, 1980. 1980. 1980 Sound 1 sound cassette (59 min.) : eng