My guest Wednesday at 2:30 has been praised as an innovator whose contribution to the essay form is lyricism and complexity, and a writer whose prose offers a kind of reassesment of consciousness. But he is also a terrific storyteller, whose ambition is fully realized in juxtaposing detail, character, information and memoir to create work that is poetic and accessible, not to mention honest. In John D’Agata’s newest book, About a Mountain, the writer investigates the impossible contradictions of science and imagination at
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Wednesday, May 26 Essayist John D'Agata
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