All Stories Are True

In All Stories Are True, Tracie Church Guzzio provides the first full-length study of John Edgar Wideman''s entire oeuvre to date. Specifically, Guzzio examines the ways in which Wideman (b. 1941) engages with three crucial themes—history, myth, and trauma—throughout his career, showing how they intertwine. Guzzio argues that, for four decades, the influential African American writer has endeavore...