Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1986-03-23

Duration: 00:07:53

Subjects: Authors | Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-

Contributors:

• Hinton, Rob Host
• Masingale, Sonya Host
• Gaines, Ernest Interviewee

This segment from the March 23, 1986, episode of the series “Folks” features Sonya Masingale’s interview with Ernest Gaines, an author and writer-in-residence at the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette. He discusses: his many inspirations for “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman”; his reaction to the television adaptation of his novel; his writing process; his decision to become a writer; and his influences. Host: Rob Hinton