Jane Hirshfield recommends At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life by Fenton Johnson (W. W. Norton & Company). “With the originality, clarity, and eloquence familiar from Fenton Johnson’s earlier books, this book in defense of solitude arrived in March 2020, right into the start...
Kentucky poet laureate Jeff Worley included Fenton’s At the Center of All Beauty in his Thanksgiving New York Times gratitude list. ...
A thoughtful meditation on At the Center of All Beauty (“The Single Life is a Sacred Vocation”) published in America, the Jesuit magazine. ...
Fenton reads together with poet Julie Marie Wade in a virtual appearance hosted by Carmichael’s Books, Louisville. Watch the replay here. ...
Fenton in conversation with author Dianne Aprile on Seattle Town Hall’s virtual stage. Watch here. ...
A review and interview with Tom Eblen of WEKU, the Lexington, Kentucky public radio station, for his show Eastern Standard and his blog Under Main. ...
Fenton in a Zoom reading with Doug Manuel, Lynnell Edwards, and Elaine Orr, presented the Spalding University MFA Program in Creative Writing. Watch here. ...
Missoula, Montana Métis poet and essayist Chris La Tray interviews Fenton on The Rumpus....
Fenton moderates a panel at the American Film Institute 2020 Documentary Festival, following the screening of Elizabeth Barret’s “Portraits and Dreams.” The documentary profiles photographer and educator Wendy Ewald’s 1970s project of providing cameras to children living in some of the poorest counties of Eastern...
Writer David Wilks interviews Fenton for his podcast “Writerscast”—first David’s context and review....