English Professor John Biguenet was recently interviewed by the Los Angeles Review of Books about his two new books, the Rising Water Trilogy and Silence, a volume in Bloomsbury's Object Lessons series.

In the interview, Biguenet talks about what inspired him to write the Rising Water Trilogy and how it shaped post-Katrina conversations. He also talks about why he finds the topic of Silence fascinating and how the deeper he delved into exploring the topic of silence in his recent book, the more the topic expanded.

Read the full interview with the Los Angeles Review of Books