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Author Jennifer Egan: Writing Through Time

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

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How Did You Feel When You Bluffed Your Way Through That First Year at Penn State?

Jenifer's work was extremely vivid and very visual. That's what stood out about her. She was willing to do it until it was right. I think we humans can trick ourselves into really extreme visions and distortions, and i'm still prey to thatSometimes i did feel a sense of great power in that role writing,. you know what, an essay about milton. But just the joy that i took in writing. And there was no way to explain it to anyone. There is always a kind of counterpoint between that and the really visceral self doubt.

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