SOURCE: Delbanco, Nicholas, and Gregory L. Morris. “An Interview with Nicholas Delbanco.” Contemporary Literature 25, no. 4 (winter 1984): 386-96.

In the following interview, which originally took place in November 1983, Delbanco discusses connections between his fiction and his own life, developments in his writing style, and the origins of his Sherbrookes trilogy.

Nicholas Delbanco lives in Bennington, Vermont and teaches at Bennington College, where he directs the Bennington Writing Workshop and directs the M.F.A. in Writing program. He is the author of ten novels, including the three books of the acclaimed Sherbrookes trilogy (Possession, Sherbrookes, Stillness), and has most recently published a collection of short stories entitled About My Table, and Other Stories. He has also written two works of nonfiction—Group Portrait: Conrad, Crane, Ford, James, and Wells, and the forthcoming The Beaux Arts Trio. He is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, and has published and...