Raymond Carver: Dreams Are What You Wake Up From

Overview

When Raymond Carver died in 1988, he was mourned as a national literary figure and shortlisted for the Pulitzer prize yet only ten years earlier he was marooned in a drying-out clinic. From his experiences, his alcoholism, bankruptcies, years spent in trailer parks and motel rooms, BBC 'Omnibus' shows how Carver produced stories and poems about the other side of the American dream - about the people whose dreams go belly-up.

Cast

Raymond Carver

Self (archive footage)

Jay McInerney

Self

Richard Ford

Self

Lavonda Archer

Self

Bill Archer

Self

Ella Carver

Self

Jerry King

Self

Jerry Davis

Self

Tess Gallagher

Self