Phillip Lopate on The Golden Age of the American Essay: 1945-1970

(4/14/21) As asserted in the New & Noteworthy section of the New York Times about Columbia University professor of nonfiction writing Phillip Lopate’s latest anthology The Golden Age of the American Essay: 1945-1970, “himself an excellent essayist, [Phillip] is also a leading curator of the form.” Focusing on this landmark era in American writing, the book includes work from literary giants like Susan Sontag, Norman Mailer, James Agee, E. B. White and Joan Didion. Join us for a look at some of the form’s greatest innovators in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.