Love and Time in The Angel of Rome: An Interview with Jess Walter
by Shann Ray
Shann Ray and Jess Walter discuss Walter’s latest collection, The Angel of Rome, out next month from Harper.
American Book Award winner Shann Ray’s work has been featured in Poetry, Esquire, McSweeney’s, High Desert Journal, Poetry International, Narrative, Prairie Schooner, and Salon. He spent part of his childhood on the Northern Cheyenne reservation in southeast Montana, played college basketball for Pepperdine University, and professional basketball in Germany’s Bundesliga. He has served as a scholar of leadership and forgiveness studies in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Ray is the author of Atomic Theory 7, Sweetclover, American Copper, Blood Fire Vapor Smoke, American Masculine, Balefire, and Forgiveness and Power in the Age of Atrocity. He lives with his wife and daughters in Spokane, Washington, and teaches at Gonzaga University
Shann Ray and Jess Walter discuss Walter’s latest collection, The Angel of Rome, out next month from Harper.
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