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This title in other formats:Halls of Fameby John D'agata
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:“John D’Agata is an alchemist who changes trash into purest gold.” —Guy Davenport, Harper’sJohn D’Agata journeys the endless corridors of America’s myriad halls of fame and faithfully reports on what he finds there. In a voice all his own, he brilliantly maps his terrain in lists, collage, and ludic narratives. With topics ranging from Martha Graham to the Flat Earth Society, from the brightest light in Vegas to the artist Henry Darger, who died in obscurity, Halls of Fame hovers on the brink between prose and poetry, deep seriousness and high comedy, the subject and the self. Synopsis:"John D'Agata is an alchemist who changes trash into purest gold." --Guy Davenport, "Harper's" John D'Agata journeys the endless corridors of America's myriad halls of fame and faithfully reports on what he finds there. In a voice all his own, he brilliantly maps his terrain in lists, collage, and ludic narratives. With topics ranging from Martha Graham to the Flat Earth Society, from the brightest light in Vegas to the artist Henry Darger, who died in obscurity, "Halls of Fame" hovers on the brink between prose and poetry, deep seriousness and high comedy, the subject and the self. "John D'Agata is an alchemist who changes trash into purest gold." --Guy Davenport, "Harper's" John D'Agata journeys the endless corridors of America's myriad halls of fame and faithfully reports on what he finds there. In a voice all his own, he brilliantly maps his terrain in lists, collage, and ludic narratives. With topics ranging from Martha Graham to the Flat Earth Society, from the brightest light in Vegas to the artist Henry Darger, who died in obscurity, "Halls of Fame" hovers on the brink between prose and poetry, deep seriousness and high comedy, the subject and the self.
About the AuthorJohn D?Agata was born in 1974 on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. A graduate of the Iowa Writers? Workshop, he holds M.F.A.s in both nonfiction and poetry and is currently editor of lyric essays for Seneca Review. He lives in New England. Table of ContentsRound Trip Martha Graham, Audio Description Of Flat Earth Map: An Essay Hall of Fame: An Essay About the Ways in Which We Matter Notes toward the making of a whole human being . . Collage History of Art, by Henry Darger And There Was Evening and There Was Morning Notes What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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