377: The Art of the American Essay Anthology - Interview with Phillip Lopate

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Philip Lopate.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Phillip is the author of over a dozen books: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><strong>4 personal essay collections</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(</span><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Bachelorhood, Against Joie de Vivre, Portrait of My Body,</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Portrait Inside my Head</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">), as well as</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Being with Children, Waterfront</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Notes on Sontag</span></em></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><strong>3 works of fiction</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(</span><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Confessions of Summer</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Rug Merchant</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, and</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Two Marriages</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><strong>3 poetry collections</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(</span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Eyes Don’t Always Want to Stay Open, The Daily Round,</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">At the End of the Day</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">).  </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He has also edited several anthologies, including one of my personal favorites—</span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Art of the Personal Essay</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">—and he’s the author of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">To Show and To Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. </