Writing an Old Friend: Spotlight on J. William Lewis
Writing an Old Friend: Spotlight on J. William Lewis The teenage protagonist in J. William Lewisâs debut novel, The Essence of Nathan Biddle, seeks to answer lifeâs biggest questions May 24, 2021 An uncle who enacts a deranged Christian test of faith, a high school teacher who encourages poetry writing, and an ill-fated joyride in a stolen maintenance vehicle. These are the characters and events that shape the sprawling debut bildungsroman from J. William Lewis, set in the lawyer-novelist’s home state of Alabama in the 1950s and featuring Kit Biddle, who obsesses about...
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