Wideman can never get outside of himself to say what others see in him, but he keeps trying to do so on the slaveroad, that imprisoning set of conditions no one can escape. Detail of photo of author ...
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Is it high tribute or snarky takedown to say that a novelist’s prose reads like verse? The “poetry of imagination,” scolded Hegel in his Lectures on Aesthetics, precedes the “prose of thought.” Does ...
What role can words play to mitigate the damage of a violent history? This question is at the heart of John Edgar Wideman’s “Slaveroad,” a searing rumination on what plagues and fascinates the ...
John Edgar Wideman, acclaimed author of more than 25 books, has written yet another full-hearted volume. It’s called “Slaveroad,” a genre-defying and clear-eyed meditation on the roiling effects of ...
John Edgar Wideman’s new book connects reflections on his own life to imaginative studies of historical figures. By Randy Boyagoda Check out new books by Sally Rooney, Rachel Kushner and Richard ...
Ben Ehrenreich is the author of the novel "The Suitors." This is a John Edgar Wideman novel, and if you’ve had any acquaintance with such creatures, you’ll know before turning the first page that ...
What role can words play to mitigate the damage of a violent history? This question is at the heart of John Edgar Wideman’s “Slaveroad,” a searing rumination on what plagues and fascinates the ...
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