Carlson is the author, most recently, of the novel "The Signal." In the title piece of his first work of nonfiction, “Making an Elephant: Writing From Within,” Graham Swift remembers his father, a ...

The book is called Making an Elephant, Writing From Within and in many ways it's about how he came to be a writer, what being a writer means to the way you live, and about the mentors, friends and ...

ESSAYS: PATRICIA CRAIGreviews Making an Elephant: Writing from Withinby Graham Swift MAKING AN ELEPHANT is an eclectic collection. Graham Swift is an admired and capable novelist and, in his fiction, ...