Introduction -- American beauty: an interview with Alan Ball / Peter N. Chumo II (2000) -- American beauty screenwriter Alan Ball conducts case study at the IFP/West Screenwriters Conference / Susan Royal (2000) -- Gaywatch: Alan Ball goes Six feet under / Christine Champagne (2001) -- Big mind, small screen: Six feet under's Alan Ball / Jeff Greenwald (2004) -- Alan Ball: Six feet under / Anna Carugati (2004) -- Considering Alan Ball: an interview / Thomas Fahy (2005) -- Fresh air interview with Alan Ball: a Six feet under postmortem / Terry Gross (2005) -- Sexual politics and awakenings in Towelhead / Cynthia Lucia (2008) -- A big messy place: Alan Ball on Towelhead / K. J. Doughton (2008) -- Fresh Air interview with Alan Ball: talking True blood and Towelhead / Terry Gross (2008) -- Life and death, drama and Humor, join hands / Kinney Littlefield (2011) -- Excerpt from interview with Alan Ball: True blood and Beyond / Nancy Harrington (2011) -- Alan Ball in Conversation with Alan Brough / Alan Brough.
