• Episode 12: Don DeLillo's America: An Interview with Curt Gardner

  • Apr 29 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
  • Podcast

Episode 12: Don DeLillo's America: An Interview with Curt Gardner

  • Summary

  • In Episode Twelve, DDSWTNP interview Curt Gardner, creator and keeper of “Don DeLillo’s America,” a prolific and comprehensive website that for nearly 30 years has been the go-to spot for information about DeLillo, from reviews, appearances, and novel publication histories to news of film adaptations and play performances. We cover Curt’s stories of first discovering DeLillo in 1981, what he learned about the writing of Amazons at the Harry Ransom Center, and the letters he’s exchanged with the man himself as he’s built his site. We had a really fun time trading stories, insights, and interpretive connections with Curt. After listening to this in-depth interview, check out the riches of “Don DeLillo’s America” at http://www.perival.com/delillo/delillo.html

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    Mentioned and discussed in this episode:

    Ant Farm, “The Eternal Frame” (1975):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg1FCjvZ_jA

    DeLillo, Don. “Notes Toward a Definitive Meditation (By Someone Else) on the Novel ‘Americana.’” Epoch 21.3 (Spring 1972): 327-29.

    ---. “The Sightings.” Weekend Magazine (Toronto) 4 August 1979: 26-30.

    ---. “Total Loss Weekend.” Sports Illustrated Nov. 27, 1972.

    https://web.archive.org/web/20090210115257/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1086811/index.htm

    “Is cyberspace a thing within the world or is it the other way around? Which contains the other, and how can you tell for sure?” (Underworld)

    Game 6: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425055/

    LeClair, Thomas. “Missing Writers.” Horizon Oct. 1981: 48-52.

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