Alan Howard, close friend of Michael Silverblatt’s and Bookworm editor for 30 years, hosts a conversation on grief and loss with Marilynne Robinson, Joan Didion, Jim Krusoe, Steve Erickson, Dave Eggers, and Mary Ruefle. The topics covered include reviving literary fiction and poetry, the parallels between novels and America, the themes in Dave Eggers' new novel, exploring Mary Rufel's poem 'Dense', the techniques used in 'Dunstom' poems, and the essence of poems and literary accomplishment in dealing with grief and loss.
