Edward P. Jones, author of All Aunt Hagar's Children

Edward P. Jones gained great critical acclaim for his first collection of stories Lost in the City. His second book, the novel The Known World is widely considered to be a masterpiece and won Jones the Pulitzer Prize. In his latest work All Aunt Hagar's Children, Jones continues his sensitive, imaginative investigation of the promise and peril that mark the African American experience in Washington and environs. In this conversation, Edward P. Jones talks about his method, themes and special regard for the reactions of his readers.