I have a slightly bad back, which has made an enormous contribution to American literature.

I get up at an unholy hour in the morning my work day is completed by the time the sun rises. I have a slightly bad back which has made an enormous contribution to American literature.

As an undergraduate I majored in British and American literature at Rice University.

The adolescent protagonist is one of the hallmarks of American literature.

I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.

American literature has always been immigrant.