“It’s better if you let it sit and wait a while”: An Interview with Elizabeth Spencer

The interview took place in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in January 2009. An excerpt from it was previously published in Czech translation in A2, no. 17 (2011): 8. *** Marcel Arbeit: Your novella The Light in the Piazza was recently adapted into a Broadway musical, and it was a huge success. How did the project start, and what share did you have in it? Did they allow you to influence its shape? Elizabeth Spencer: Oh, they were very very open and friendly towards me from the very first moment....