![]() Having access to so much of his thoughts and his life, I felt as if I already knew him a little. I was no stranger to his work having read an early collection of personal essays called Portrait of My Body, an anthology he edited – The Art of the Personal Essay, and also To Show and to Tell, the essential Lopate text for any budding essayist. At the interview, Lopate’s ever-present expression of mild amusement helped me relax. I shook hands with him the day before and heard him deliver his keynote for the ‘Taking ideas for a walk’ Essay conference. ![]() On camera.* It was something I’d never done before, and to say I was nervous is an understatement. In June 2018 I interviewed Philip Lopate, who is probably the most famous living essayist in the world. ![]()
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