Michael Silverblatt interviews John McPhee, Live From Prairie Lights, September 29, 2009

McPhee, John A.

Silverblatt, Michael

Prairie Lights (Iowa City, Iowa)

2009-09-29

Englert Theater (Iowa City, Iowa)

University of Iowa - Department of English - Pulitzer Prize–winning - nonfiction writer John McPhee, one of the pioneers of narrative nonfiction, is interviewed by Michael Silverblatt, host of Bookworm, a nationally syndicated radio program. McPhee and Silverblatt are guests of the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program. McPhee created a new style of literary journalism by incorporating the storytelling style and feel of fiction, livening his reporting with a strong sense of characterization and an eye for detail. His subjects have ranged from basketball player Bill Bradley to a bush pilot to a canoe builder to a Swiss winemaker. Decades before Mark Kurlansky wrote Salt and Cod, John McPhee wrote Oranges. Long before the environmentalists had tied human behavior to the fate of the planet, McPhee had written The Control of Nature. For many years and more than 25 books he’s been thought of by academics and ordinary readers as America’s greatest non-fiction writer.

Live From Prairie Lights was a live public radio program broadcast from Prairie Lights, an independent bookstore in Iowa City, Iowa. The program showcased new and established writers from around the world.

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