New Additions to the DeLillo Pages

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This page is used to note all the new additions to the site, for repeat visitors. Main homepage is Don DeLillo's America.

By the way, I keep a list of the DeLillo-related items that I am still searching for.

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Two updates: A production of DeLillo's The Word for Snow will be up in London in mid-July, see the Events page for details. Also there's a new DeLillo interview which ran in Italy, focused on Cosmopolis, see the Interviews page.
(May 15, 2012)

Two updates: A longer two minute trailer for Cronenberg's Cosmopolis film is now out; see the Cosmopolis film page for a link. Also DeLillo will be in Chicago in October to receive an award; more details on the Events page.
(Apr 19, 2012)

Three updates on the Events page: new link to the trailer for Cronenberg's Cosmopolis with commentary, and DeLillo's "The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories" was runner-up for the 2012 PEN/Faulkner award, and a newly found video of the reading and interview in Prague in April 2011 (thanks to Josh), and finally a future listing for the DeLillo Conference coming up in April.
(Mar 27, 2012)

Two updates: The trailer and premiere date for Cronenberg's Cosmopolis film are now out. Also DeLillo's "The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories" was runner-up for the 2012 Story Prize; more details on the Events page and the Cosmopolis film page.
(Mar 24, 2012)

Just noting that DeLillo's "The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories" was nominated for the 2012 PEN/Faulkner award; more details on the Events page.
(Mar 5, 2012)

A couple updates on the Events page, for the March 21 Story Prize event in NYC, and audio of the November reading with Paul Auster. Also a new brief interview from Granta. Updated the page for The Angel Esmeralda with some new review links as well as news about the Story Prize.
(Jan 16, 2012)

Updated the page for The Angel Esmeralda with some new review links. Also added a link for a report on the recent Event at the NY Barnes & Noble. Added a brief article & link with comments from DeLillo to the Bibliography dated 10 Sept. 1998. Lastly pulled out the 'old adds' for 2006-2009 onto separate pages.
(Dec 23, 2011)

Created a new page for The Angel Esmeralda : Nine Stories, with some new links including the Martin Amis review.
(Nov 20, 2011)

The Angel Esmeralda is now out! Updated the Events page, adding a couple media links. Also added a new entry to the Stories for "The Starveling" which appears in the collection.
(Nov 16, 2011)

Added a couple upcoming events for November - DeLillo appearances in Lisbon and NYC - details on the Events page. Also added a new entry to the Bibliography for the new story "The Starveling" which appears in Granta 117, the Horror issue.
(Oct 30, 2011)

A short interview with DeLillo appeared at Grantland.com, conducted via email with Rafe Bartholomew (is Don really doing email now?). It centers on Underworld on the 60th anniversary of the ballgame. When asked about what sports event he might picture for a post-Cold War work, DeLillo says "To portray America over the past twenty years or so, I would think immediately of football, probably the Super Bowl in its sumptuous suggestion of a national death wish." Full interview is at Grantland.
(Oct 14, 2011)

Added The Believer's "Don DeLillo in conversation with Bret Easton Ellis" (Sep 2011 issue) to the Interviews page, and to the Bibliography .
(Sep 20, 2011)

Added a re-recommendation of Underworld to the Media Watch page, and also added the above cover image for the forthcoming short story collection The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories.
(July 18, 2011)

Added a couple links to the Cosmopolis the film page, for those tracking its progress.
(June 20, 2011)

Scribner has announced the publication of a DeLillo story collection in November 2011 - more details on the Events page (also noted on the Stories page.
(June 7, 2011)

Created a separate page for Cosmopolis the film, which has started filming!
(May 26, 2011)

Added a listing for DeLillo's visit to Rome on May 19 to the Events page.
(May 22, 2011)

Updated the Italian editions with many new cover images, including the first edition of La Stella di Ratner new this year, all on the Italian editions page. Also added a picture from DeLillo's visit to Prague in April to the Events page.
(May 7, 2011)

DeLillo will be giving a reading in Prague tomorrow, April 18, as part of the Prague Writers' Festival; more details on the Events page.
(April 17, 2011)

Added an item for an online recording of Chang-rae Lee reading DeLillo's "Baader-Meinhof" to the Odds and Ends page. Also updated the previous entry on the new Picador UK edition covers.
(March 28, 2011)

Added three items with links to the Interviews page ; 2010 - Dale Singer/St. Louis Beacon, 2003 - David Ulin/LA Times, and 1997 - David Ulin/LA Times. Also added to the Bibliography page.
(March 25, 2011)

A production of DeLillo's 'Valparaiso' will open March 18 in Cleveland, OH - noted on the Events page and the Valparaiso productions page. Also added an image of the paperback edition to the Point Omega editions page.
(March 4, 2011)

A new DeLillo story titled "Hammer and Sickle" appears in December 2010 Harper's and is noted on the Stories page. Also added two new Odds & Ends items: a new set of Picador editions and a funny TLS note on DeLillo interviews.
(November 18, 2010)

Added an entry for a production of Valparaiso in Madison, WI that's playing now to the Events page. Cleaned up and updated links on the Valparaiso productions page. Also, the 1993 Paris Review interview with DeLillo is now online - links added on the Interviews page and the Bibliography page.
(October 23, 2010)

Updated the Events page with a video link and picture from the award ceremony for the 2010 PEN/Saul Bellow Award.
(October 19, 2010)

Don DeLillo was awarded the 2010 PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction, and this was accompanied by an interview with PEN conducted last week. Details on the Awards page and the Interviews page.
(September 24, 2010)

A book of essays from the 2008 DeLillo conference held in Germany entitled Terrorism, Media, and the Ethics of Fiction is now available; details on the LitCrit page, and I added a blurb I found to the Bibliography for Peter Matthiessen's Shadow Country.
(September 6, 2010)

Added news of DeLillo winning another award, and his related appearance in St. Louis in October to the Events page (and an item for Bobby Thomson's death), and I added a review to Odds and Ends page; William Wood on DeLillo's work.
(August 27, 2010)

Added a new interview with DeLillo that ran in the Guardian to the Interviews page (and the Bibliography, along with another reprint of "Human Moments"), and I added an item to Odds and Ends page; Tom LeClair on DeLillo and interviewers.
(August 10, 2010)

Notice of an appearance by DeLillo in Paris in September on the Events page, and I added an item to Odds and Ends page on David Mitchell.
(July 17, 2010)

Thanks to a couple of Continental friends, added five new editions to the Italian page, and created a new page for Romanian page with two editions. Also put in a listing for a production of Valparaiso in Durham, North Carolina later this month.
(June 6, 2010)

Added news on the Cosmopolis film project to Odds and Ends, and updated the event entry with a picture and link to audio recordings from the Lannan event on April 28, 2010.
(May 13, 2010)

Added reviews and a BBC interview to the Point Omega media watch page, and listed an additional BBC Radio 4 interview from May 27, 2003. Added an Odds and Ends entry for David Foster Wallace's DeLillo books. And added one short interview from 2006 that appeared in Details magazine.
(April 25, 2010)

Added a couple more items to the Point Omega media watch page.
(Mar. 9, 2010)

Added three more items to the Point Omega media watch page.
(Mar. 3, 2010)

Added three items to the Point Omega media watch page.
(Feb. 28, 2010)

Added a couple reviews to the Point Omega media watch page, added a link to a discussion of White Noise to the Odds and Ends page, added a quote to the DeLillo on Writing page, and finally updated both Interviews and Bibliography.
(Feb. 23, 2010)

Several new entries for the Point Omega media watch page, including two interviews (one in German), three reviews, and a fun report on DeLillo's Brooklyn reading, which is also noted on the Events page.
(Feb. 20, 2010)

A new entry for the Point Omega media watch page, and added the current cover image to The Names Cover Gallery.
(Feb. 11, 2010)

A couple new entries for the Point Omega media watch page including an NPR interview and a review from Mark Athitakis.
(Feb. 9, 2010)

Added the NYTBR review by Geoff Dyer to the Point Omega media watch page, and created a Point Omega Editions to add in the German and UK cover images. Also added a 2009 paperback German edition of Falling Man.
(Feb. 6, 2010)

A couple new entries for the Point Omega media watch page including a nice profile from the NY Times and a review.
(Feb. 4, 2010)

Updated the Point Omega page with information from the official publication of the novel, and created the Point Omega dust jacket copy page.
(Feb. 3, 2010)

More reviews, including the NY Times, and another new interview from the Barnes and Nobel Review, added to the Point Omega Media Watch page and the Interviews page.
Also created new pages Amazons Media Watch page, The Names Media Watch page, White Noise Media Watch page, Libra Media Watch page and Mao II Media Watch page to place the reviews for each novels in one place; finishing up the re-organization effort.
(Feb. 1, 2010)

Added a link to an offer for a poster of the new White Noise cover to the White Noise Cover Gallery.
Created new pages Ratner's Star Media Watch page, Players Media Watch page and Running Dog Media Watch page to place the reviews for the novels in one place; continuing the re-organization effort.
(Jan. 30, 2010)

Added more links and reviews to the Point Omega media page; included is an interview with DeLillo from the Wall St Journal.
Created new pages End Zone Media Watch page and Great Jones Street Media Watch page to place the reviews for the novels in one place; continuing the re-organization effort to get rid of the Reviews page.
(Jan. 29, 2010)

Added two reviews to the Point Omega media page. Updated the White Noise Cover Gallery for the new edition and added an online link to an LA Times piece on the book. Created a new Americana Media Watch page to place the reviews for the book in one place; the start of a re-organization effort to get rid of the Reviews page.
(Jan. 28, 2010)

Added a new upcoming DeLillo appearance in Santa Fe to the Events page. Added a review to the Point Omega media page. Updated the Bibliography for Point Omega and an online link for the 'Still-Life' piece.
(Jan. 25, 2010)

Added a link to video with a bit of DeLillo at the Dec 31 PEN event in NYC - details on the Events page.
(Jan. 4, 2010)

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