John Sayles: A Moment in the Sun

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Michael Silverblatt

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Connie Alvarez

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A Moment in the Sun (McSweeney's Press) is a vast pageant of American history — nearly a thousand energetically written pages. John Sayles on how a writer gathers knowledge, the language, the unusual perspectives and the humanity to illuminate the whole arc of our history.

Read an excerpt from A Moment in the Sun.

Banner image: Larry Hirshowitz

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