Reviews the books `Isaac Bashevis Singer: Conversations,' by Grace Farrell, `Conversations with Nikki Giovanni,' edited Virginia Fowler, `Conversations with M.F.K. Fisher,' edited by David Lazar, `More Conversations with Walker Percy,' edited by Lewis A. Lawson and Victor A. Kramer, `Conversations with Amiri Baraka,' edited by Charlie Reilly and two others.