Brian Dillon & Brandon Taylor: Essay Means ‘To Try’

Difficult to define and diverse by its nature, the essay is a slippery form. It requires – according to Brian Dillon – some 'combination of exactitude and evasion'. Join Dillon, author of a new collection of interlinked essays, Affinities, alongside Booker Prize-shortlisted author, critic, and essayist, Brandon Taylor as they discuss the form, function, and very point of the genre with Michael Williams.

Categories: Words/Reading, Writing/Publishing

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Transatlantic Encounters

Transatlantic Encounters at the Edinburgh International Book Festival will feature a stellar line up of American and US-based authors – highlighting the diversity of thought and creativity of the United States. Reflecting on a range of literary work, each author will offer a unique and free-thinking perspective on what it means to be a citizen in the United States, how their work reflects their lived experience of America, and their relationship to the rest of the world…