Erica Wagner
Erica Wagner’s books include Gravity, Seizure, Ariel’s Gift and Chief Engineer, winner of the Eccles Centre and Hay Festival Writer’s Award. The last is a biography of Roebling, but her latest book is Wash, a novel which paints an intimate portrait of this extraordinary man: a son, a soldier, a lover, a husband, a visionary. What’s the difference between recounting a life in fiction and non-fiction? Where does the truth finally reside?
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Two masterful storytellers across arts & sciences - Neil Gaiman & Carlo Rovelli | 5x15
How does literature nourish science? When does physics become poetry? An event of cosmic proportions from 5x15, as two masterful storytellers - Neil Gaiman and Carlo Rovelli - discuss life, the universe and everything.
Neil Gaiman is the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including Neverwhere, American Gods, The
Neil Gaiman is the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including Neverwhere, American Gods, The
Erica Wagner @ 5x15 - Washington Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge
Erica Wagner is the author of 'Gravity: Stories'; 'Ariel’s Gift: Ted Hughes', 'Sylvia Plath and the Story of Birthday Letters' and 'Seizure: A Novel'. 'Pas de Deux/A Concert of Stories', co-written with storyteller Abbi Patrix and musician and composer Linda Edsjö, tours around the world.
Twice a judge of the
Twice a judge of the
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