Literary Lives: National Book Festival 2020
Mark Doty, "What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life" (Norton), appears in conversation with Jenn Shapland, "My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir" (Tin House). Effortlessly blending biography, criticism and memoir, National Book Award-winning poet and bestselling memo...
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| Summary: | Mark Doty, "What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life" (Norton), appears in conversation with Jenn Shapland, "My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir" (Tin House). Effortlessly blending biography, criticism and memoir, National Book Award-winning poet and bestselling memoirist Doty explores his personal quest for Walt Whitman, while Shapland encounters the love letters of Carson McCullers and a woman named Annemarie. Moderated by Crosby Kemper, executive director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. |
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