A Reading with David Shields

David Shields is the author of 13 books, including How Literature Saved My Life, Reality Hunger: A Manifesto, The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead, Black Planet: Facing Race during an NBA Season, Remote: Reflections on Life in the Shadow of Celebrity and Dead Languages: A Novel. His essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, Esquire, Yale Review, Village Voice, Salon, Slate, McSweeney's andUtne Reader.