On Knowing & Not

by John D'Agata, Jean-Baptiste Bernadet

A collaborative book of nonfiction and paintings by the essayist John D'Agata and Belgian painter Jean-Baptiste Bernadet.

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

John D’Agata 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 Literature Fellowship, and a Lannan Foundation Fellowship. He holds a B.A. from Hobart College and two M.F.A.s from the University of Iowa, and recently his essays have appeared in ,i>The Believer, Harper's, Gulf Coast, and Conjunctions. John D’Agata lives in Iowa City with a dog named Boeing, and he teaches creative writing at the University of Iowa where he directs the graduate Nonfiction Writing Program.

Find out more at johndagata.com

Reviews

[Katy Loess · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great combination of image and text from two daring young artists.