Blogs about: Michael Silverblatt
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the tragic gardener
A couple weeks ago, I went to see Joyce Carol Oates in conversation with Michael Silverblatt at the downtown library here in Los Angeles. Angelenos are so lucky to have the ALOUD series. It’s f… more →
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Wallace's War Against Irony
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wrote 4 days ago: Last year’s most famous literary tweet was a harsh criticism of the late David Foster Wallace by Bre … more →
Michael Silverblatt Speaks at Cornell University
wrote 1 week ago: I love this. … more →
Six of the best: Books Podcasts
wrote 1 week ago: I rarely watch TV these days but I do listen to a great deal of radio, in particular music, arts and … more →
Don't Only Think, Feel Too
wrote 2 months ago: What is the hardest thing to write about? Or to be seen to be writing about, if such a statement mak … more →
Gilbert Sorrentino
wrote 4 months ago: In conversation with Michael Silverblatt (on his KCRW Bookworm Show from 2002), the late, great Gilb … more →
A Joseph McElroy Web bibliography
wrote 7 months ago: All in one place: a compendium of (free) Web resources for those interested in exploring American li … more →
Bookworm
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wrote 11 months ago: Well, since I did a radio-related post last, I’d just like to talk about the brilliant podcast … more →
Arranging One's Books: Affinities No. 4 (Rubbing Up Against Joe Brainard)
wrote 1 year ago: On Wednesday, May 9, there will be two celebrations of Joe Brainard’s work on the occasion of … more →
A Medley of Gass Interviews and His Influence
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wrote 1 year ago: Over at the Reading William Gass website, curated by Stephen Schenkenberg, a video has been unearthe … more →
John Ashbery on Joe Brainard: "Nice as a person and nice as an artist. This may present a problem."
wrote 1 year ago: THIS BLOG HAS MOVED! COME TO THE NEW SIGLIO WEBSITE TO FIND AFFINITIES, THE SIGLIO BLOG AND THIS POS … more →
Obsession: Bookworm.
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wrote 1 year ago: Host Michael Silverblatt Maybe you already live near LA and know this. Maybe you listen to one of th … more →
Infinite Jest As Sierpiński Gasket
wrote 1 year ago: David Foster Wallace’s INFINITE JEST was written (according to DFW) almost as a Sierpiński Gas … more →
Morning Bites: Jackson Pollock death day, Dana Spiotta on Bookworm, Jennifer Gilmore's desk, Tom Waits fishing, and more
wrote 1 year ago: Jackson Pollock died on this day in 1956. Later today on KCRW’s Bookworm, host Michael Silverb … more →
A Ray of Hope
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wrote 1 year ago: I haven’t read A Moment in the Sun by John Sayles yet, but I plan to buy a copy and read it. … more →
Joy to the Reader When Reading Gass's The Tunnel
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wrote 1 year ago: How can I contain myself? (But perhaps the question is: how could Gass both contain and not contain … more →
the tragic gardener
wrote 2 years ago: A couple weeks ago, I went to see Joyce Carol Oates in conversation with Michael Silverblatt at the … more →
Beginning to Dig into Gass's The Tunnel (1 of 2)
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wrote 2 years ago: Gass on history: “What counts for me…is what happens to human consciousness…what was lost when you p … more →
The End of the Reality Hunger Interviews
wrote 2 years ago: Over the last year I reviewed David Shields‘ Reality Hunger and interviewed the author multipl … more →
Stephen Sondheim Meets Michael Silverblatt
wrote 2 years ago: Posted by Jason Diamomd I haven’t given this a listen yet, but I can pretty much assure you th … more →
