The sound of 'Silence' with Jane Brox

Jane Brox’s fifth book, Silence, was published in January 2019
and explores the nuances of quiet - both forced and voluntary.
Her previous book, Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light,
was named one of the top ten nonfiction books of 2010 by Time
magazine. She is also the author of Clearing Land: Legacies of
the American Farm; Five Thousand Days Like This One, which was a
finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in
nonfiction; and Here and Nowhere Else, which won the L.L.
Winship/PEN New England Award. She has received the New England
Book Award for nonfiction, and her essays have appeared in many
anthologies including Best American Essays, The Norton Book of
Nature Writing, and the Pushcart Prize Anthology.


She is currently on the faculty of Lesley University’s
low-residency MFA Program. In this interview, she speaks with
Georgia Sparling.


Find essays by Jane and more information on our episode page.