Today in Literary Journalism and American Belief, student writing and my recent reading of Emmanuel Carrére’s The Kingdom led me to discuss essays by Leslie Jamison, including “The Devil’s Bait,” “Giving Up the Ghost,” and “The March on Everywhere.” Because our major text is Jeff Sharlet’s Radiant Truths, I then made reference to a conversation between Jamison and Sharlet about James Agee (above), published at The Oxford American under the title “Fail More.” Ending there seemed impossible, since there’s another conversation I often turn to involving Jamison—this one with her teacher Charles D’Ambrosio, here at The New Yorker‘s Page-Turner blog. I’ve put this post together so students can find everything in one place. Go read.