Still LIfe at Eighty

Meditating on mortality with wit and wisdom, Nicholas Delbanco, the legendary director of writing programs at Bennington and Michigan, celebrates friendships, family, and foundational sites of memory. His friendships with numerous iconic writers—like John Ashbury, James Baldwin, Russell Banks, John Updike—dispense rollicking anecdotes and revealing insights. Eight decades of memories are encased in a memoir brimming with acumen and affection.