Audio from David Foster Wallace documentary c/o of BBC. Includes insight into his childhood and interviews with peers Rick Moody, Mark Costello (Wallace’s college roommate), Don DeLillo, Michael Pietsch (editor of Infinite Jest) Bonnie Nadell (Wallace’s editor) and his sister, Amy Wallace.
New article up at LAist: So maybe our city isn’t host to regal literary journals like Harper’s, Granta, or The Paris Review. And, yes, elite literary parlors with Merlot and Camembert on doilies seem somewhat amiss in a city where flames seize shrubs more often than fireplaces. But that doesn’t mean LA’s literary publications fall [...]
“Burt Reynolds, Car Crashes, and Suicidal Depression: A Literary Event” New article on New American Writing Series featuring Sarah Manguso and Jennifer Knox at the Hammer last week.
My article at LAist, in defense of LA lit: Los Angeles is home to many things “unliterary.” Hollywood celebrities, the porn industry, and paparazzi perpetuate this fact. So, when held against definitive bookish cities Seattle, New York, and San Francisco, LA’s literary credibility falls understandably short. But Central Connecticut State University’s recent list of 75 [...]
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