“The first time I met him, I knew that I was in the presence of an extraordinary sensibility, an extraordinary mind, a profound soul.” University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop faculty member James Galvin reflects on the work and friendship of his colleague James Alan McPherson in this video from 2011. McPherson passed away on July 26 at the age of seventy-two.
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