John Edgar Wideman, acclaimed author of more than 25 books, has written yet another full-hearted volume. It’s called “Slaveroad,” a genre-defying and clear-eyed meditation on the roiling effects of ...

The complexity of John Edgar Wideman’s books has much to do with their adherence to the concept of Great Time, a borrowing from West African tradition. As opposed to the system of “clock time” that we ...

What role can words play to mitigate the damage of a violent history? This question is at the heart of John Edgar Wideman’s “Slaveroad,” a searing rumination on what plagues and fascinates the ...

John Edgar Wideman’s new book connects reflections on his own life to imaginative studies of historical figures. By Randy Boyagoda Check out new books by Sally Rooney, Rachel Kushner and Richard ...

John Edgar Wideman, acclaimed author of more than 25 books, has written yet another full-hearted volume. It’s called “Slaveroad,” a genre-defying and clear-eyed meditation on the roiling effects of ...

In this week's edition of Endnotes, we take a look at Slaveroad (Scribner, Oct.), the latest from John Edgar Wideman. The book explores the “slaveroad” that runs through American history, reckoning ...

Wideman can never get outside of himself to say what others see in him, but he keeps trying to do so on the slaveroad, that imprisoning set of conditions no one can escape. Detail of photo of author ...

John Edgar Wideman, acclaimed author of more than 25 books, has written yet another full-hearted volume. It’s called “Slaveroad,” a genre-defying and clear-eyed meditation on the roiling effects of ...

What role can words play to mitigate the damage of a violent history? This question is at the heart of John Edgar Wideman’s “Slaveroad,” a searing rumination on what plagues and fascinates the ...

Check out new books by Sally Rooney, Rachel Kushner and Richard Powers, and revisit familiar worlds from Karl Ove Knausgaard, Haruki Murakami and Jeff VanderMeer. By Wilson Wong “Look for Me and I’ll ...