John D'Agata is the author of Halls of Fame, a collection of essays, and the editor of The Next American Essay, an anthology of innovative modern American nonfiction. His forthcoming books include The Lifespan of a Fact, a meditation on the Yucca Mountain Project in southwest Nevada, and two historical companions to The Next American Essay.
John D’Agata is the editor of The Making of the American Essay, the author of Halls of Fame and The Lifespan of a Fact, and the editor of The Next American Essay and The Lost Origins of the Essay. He teaches creative writing at the University of Iowa, where he directs the Nonfiction Writing Program.
John DAgata is the author of Halls of Fame: Essays, About a Mountain, and The Lifespan of a Fact, as well as the editor of the 3-volume series A New History of the Essay,, which includes the anthologies The Next American Essay, The Making of the American Essay, and The Lost Origins of the Essay.His work has been supported by a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Howard Foundation Fellowship, an NEA.
A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or animals, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actual halls or museums that enshrine the honorees with sculptures, plaques, and displays of memorabilia and general information regarding the inducted recipients.
I started reading John D'Agata's HALLS OF FAME (Graywolf Press, 2001) before the vicious events of September 11th. It is a collection of essays that I was not certain I would be able to finish. The first section, Round Trip, focuses on the Hoover Dam, and not just the dam itself, but the dam as one of the seven wonders of the modern world. Hold.
The Hall of Fame is the biggest honor and motivation for a professional football player also for Basketball and Baseball players too, who have their own Hall Of Fame. That is why not just anyone can enter to it easyly, because while they are playing there are a board of selectors who are watching every move they do. Therefore the dream of every football player is to be better than the others.
John D’Agata reads with Roxane Gay at the 2013 Mission Creek Festival in Iowa City. D’Agata is the author of the books Halls of Fame, About a Mountain and The Lifespan of a Fact. He is the editor of The Next American Essay, The Lost American Essay, and the forthcoming The Making of the American Essay.
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