A Couple of Things

Over at Publishers Weekly I interviewed Jane Alison about her latest novel, Nine Island.

I wrote a short essay on Impostor Syndrome for Poor Yorick’s Summer (an Infinite Jest reading group).

Recent updates

For issue 3 of molossus, I reviewed Luis Felipe Fabre’s poems about Sor Juana.

http://www.molossus.co/the-long-story-of-bad-translations-on-luis-felipe-fabres-monsters/

I was intrigued by this book because I had seen Fabre’s name mentioned in a lot of prominent places but had not read his work. In fact, I saw somewhere on Twitter that Valeria Luiselli called Fabre the best contemporary poet in Mexico (or something along those lines).

 
This week I wrote a piece of MEL magazine about job insecurity.

https://features.wearemel.com/company-loyalty-is-a-myth

I had a brief quote in this New Yorker piece about Infinite Jest.

http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/beyond-infinite-jest

Interview with Greg Carlisle and Nick Maniatis

Over at The Howling Fantods, Greg Carlisle and I were interviewed by Nick Maniatis about the history of Greg’s books Elegant Complexity and Nature’s Nightmare.

Part 1: http://www.thehowlingfantods.com/dfw/critical-analysis/natures-nightmare-interview-part-1.html

Part 2: http://www.thehowlingfantods.com/dfw/critical-analysis/natures-nightmare-interview-part-2.html

Part 3: http://www.thehowlingfantods.com/dfw/critical-analysis/natures-nightmare-interview-part-3.html

David Foster Wallace and Infinite Jest

Here are a few things I’ve written about David Foster Wallace and Infinite Jest:

Why Read Infinite Jest
http://infinitesummer.org/archives/148

How to Read Infinite Jest
http://infinitesummer.org/archives/215

The Royal Tenenbaums and Infinite Jest
http://www.kottke.org/09/04/the-royal-tenenbaums-and-infinite-jest

Infinite Jest Character Profiles
http://www.thehowlingfantods.com/profiles.htm

Remembering David Foster Wallace
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/dfw/memories.html