Published interviews of Davenport arranged earliest to latest
1970s
Swain, Bruce, "Specialist in the Unheard Of" Louisville Courier Journal (August 11, 1974) E6.
"Davenport Gains Literary Reputation" Kentucky Kernel 67:90 (December 11, 1975) 7.
Tevis, Betty, "Professor 'Everything'" Communi-K [Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky] 8:13 (December 8, 1975) 3.
Tevis, Betty, "UK English Professor Heavyweight On The American Literary Scene" Lexington Herald-Leader (December 14, 1975) E8.
Ditto the above article.
Kasler, Dale, " UK Professor Discovers Hobbits Live in Kentucky" Lexington Herald Leader (March 18, 1979) E1, E4.
Lask, Thomas, "National Book Awards 1980" New York Times Book Review (March 4, 1979) 47. Mentioned briefly as a candidate for the Award for Da Vinci’s Bicycle.
O'Neill, Catherine, "An Alchemist of History and Invention: A Visit with Guy Davenport who Melds Fragments of Fact with Extraordinary Fiction" in The Chronicle Review, a supplement to The Chronicle of Higher Education 18:6 (April 2, 1979) R4-R5.
1980s
Warren, Jim, "Professor Wins Prestigious Prize for his Literature" Lexington Herald Leader (April 13 1981) A3. Morton Dauwen Zabel Award for Tatlin! and Da Vinci’s Bicycle .
Garrett, Robert T., "Fiction's Only a 'Hobby' for UK's Guy Davenport" Louisville Courier Journal (May 3, 1981) G1. Photo by Stewart Bowman.
Kenner, Hugh, "The State of Poetry" National Review 33:23 (November 27, 1981) 1423-1426.
Fortune, Beverly, [column] Lexington Herald-Leader (April 1, 1982) C1. Mentioned briefly as a candidate for the National Magazine Awards for "Joop Zoetemelk Gagne le Maillot Jaune" in Antaeus .
Anon., "UK author Guy Davenport named Alumni Professor" Lexington Herald-Leader (May 17, 1983) A8. The seventh Alumni professor at UK.
Anon., " . . . Davenport chosen as lecturer" Lexington Herald-Leader ( ? ) ? . Mentioned as one selected to deliver the Alexander Lectures at the University of Toronto in February 1984.
Subject to be the iconography of still life.
Anon., [note on GD appearing in newspaper advertisement] Chronicle of Higher Education (November 7, 1984, 25.
[Advertisement] "UK’s Guy Davenport Represents What A University Is All About" Lexington Herald-Leader (November 26, 1984) A9. Sponsored by the Coca-Cola Bottling Company.
Roser, Mary Ann, "Professor at UK Nominated for Prestigious Book Award" Lexington Herald-Leader, December 9, 1987, B1-B2. with photo.
Carter, Tom, "A Quirky Brilliance: Guy Davenport Explores Life in Prolific Essays" Lexington Herald-Leader (January 10, 1988) E1, E3. Photo, S. Castleberry.
1990s
Jones, Michael L., "UK English professor awarded $365,000 grant" Lexington Herald-Leader (July 17, 1990) B1-B3.
Mentioned as recipient of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship award.
Wilson, Richard, "UK professor wins lucrative academic grant" Louisville Courier-Journal (July 17, 1990) ?pp.
Anon., "Acclaim for a true scholar: Kentucky’s Guy Davenport" Lexington Herald-Leader (July 18, 1990) A10.
Applauds GD’s receipt of the MacArthur Award.
Note: David Holwerk, UK graduate, is editor of the editorial page.
Eckdahl, Andrew, "Drachmas for Davenport" Lexington Herald-Leader (July 23, 1990) A7.
Applauds GD for having received the MacArthur Award.
Jester, Art, "Lack of excellence in society concerns UK author" Lexington Herald-Leader ( ? ), A1, A7.
Follow-up interview after a speech at UK on the subject.
Hoepffner, Bernard, "Pleasant Hill: An Interview With Guy Davenport" Conjunctions 24 (1995) 118-126. 2000s
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