Still Here
I have not forgotten you, my loyal readers. I shall return. Continue reading Still Here
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Self-Conscious Self-Promotion
I hesitate to direct attention to these two videos, given how horribly self-conscious seeing footage of myself makes me, but in the interest of blatant self-promotion I have heroically managed to overcome my hesitation.A note: the videos say Pop Apocalypse is available now, but it’s not of course. It’s coming out in late April/early May. … Continue reading Self-Conscious Self-Promotion
Olive NY Questions
The Olive, the Harper Perennial blog, has published a list of New Year’s resolution-type answers by Harper authors. You can read my profound views on 2008 — and predictions for what is to read more Continue reading Olive NY Questions
These Weird Guys
One of my PWR students wrote his final paper on the McDonald’s Video Game, a satirical simulation that lets you try your hand at running everyone’s favorite multinational corporate fast food giant. I decided to check it out, and was reading through the game’s tutorial. The game lets you operate four sectors/views of McDonald’s food … Continue reading These Weird Guys
A New Car!
if:book, a blog associated with The Institute for the Future of the Book, has published a lengthy and fascinating interview with Helen DeWitt. I found this suggestion by DeWitt somewhat amusing: I once knew a senior partner in a Wall Street firm who loved Susan Sontag’s The Volcano Lover. He talked at length about the … Continue reading A New Car!
Classic Literature/Video Games
Alerting us to a major victory for the world of letters, Mobylives reports that a deal has been reached to make works of literature available on hand-held video game devices: Japanese video game maker Nintendo has announced a deal with HarperCollins to make classics of world literature available to read on its games playing devices. … Continue reading Classic Literature/Video Games
post-Thanksgiving
There’s not much news to report on Pop Apocalypse, but I thought I’d write a brief post here reflecting on my Thanksgiving. read more Continue reading post-Thanksgiving
DeLillotastic News
As if I didn’t have enough to do, between job applications, teaching, various forms of blogging, and occasionally dissertation-writing (let’s not even discuss new-novel writing), I decided to shoot off an abstract applying to participate in the American Comparative Literature Association’s 2009 annual meeting. Specifically to a fascinating-sounding seminar called “Master of the Universe: Literature, … Continue reading DeLillotastic News
Zadie Smith on Joseph O’Neill
(Cross-posted at Plasma Pool.) After reading Joseph O’Neill’s novel Netherland, I took a look at Zadie Smith’s fascinating take-down — “Two Paths for the Novel” in the NYRB — of O’Neill as a representative of what she calls “lyrical Realism,” a review which might be characterized as an indirect attack on the brand of Realism … Continue reading Zadie Smith on Joseph O’Neill
Big box of galleys
I received 25 galleys of Pop Apocalypse today at my department mailbox. The packaging of the books looks fantastic–great cover art, nice design, and so on. Now, I have to find 25 people read more Continue reading Big box of galleys