John D'Agata

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John D'Agata is the author of About a Mountain and the editor of The Next American Essay and The Lost Origins of the Essay. He teaches creative writing at the University of Iowa.

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Average rating: 3.88 · 1,736 ratings · 390 reviews · 6 distinct works · Similar authors

	About a Mountain 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 566 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lifespan of a Fact by John D'Agata, Jim Fingal (Goodreads Author) 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 459 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Next American Essay by John D'Agata (Editor), Guy Davenport (Prologue by) 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 358 ratings — published 2002	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Halls of Fame: Essays 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 266 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Origins of the Essay 4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yucca Mountain by John D'Agata, Sophie Renaut (Translator) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“What happens when an essayist starts imagining things, making things up, filling in blank spaces, or — worse yet — leaving the blanks blank?”
― John D'Agata, The Next American Essay

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“Maybe every essay automatically is in some way experimental — less an outline traveling toward a foregone conclusion than an unmapped quest that has sprung from the word 'question'.”
― John D'Agata, The Next American Essay

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“Sometimes the essay is where we end up when everything that we know must change.”
― John D'Agata, The Lost Origins of the Essay

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