This oral history interview with Clyde Rice was conducted by Rick Harmon at Rice’s home in Clackamas, Oregon, from January 22 to March 13, 1985. The interview was conducted in seven sessions. The audio on tapes 3, 4, 6, and 13 is affected by speed issues. In the interview, Rice discusses his family background and early life in Portland and Salem. He talks about his marriage to Marguerite Evelyn “Nordi” Nordstrom, and speaks at length about his affair and subsequent marriage with Virginia Lee Broms. He discusses his career as an author, particularly the process of writing and publishing his first novel, “A Heaven in the Eye.”