John Edgar Wideman,MacArthur Fellow, two-time winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, and finalist for both the NBCC and National Book Awards,talks about his book American Histories. The new collection weaves together historical fact, philosophical wisdom, or personal vignettes to disclose stories about adore,death and struggle.
John Edgar Wideman and Elizabeth Strout will give a joint reading on April 9 at 7:30 pm at 92nd Street Y.
This segment is guest hosted by DW Gibson.
Source: wnyc.org