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Posted a page of notes and photos from the DeLillo Conference in Osnabrück, and also posted news of a performance of 'The Word for Snow' in the Czech Republic in August (see Events for more details). (June 14, 2008)
Listed a new book of DeLillo criticism, fresh from Cambridge, and added three cover images of German editions (first edition of White Noise, and two of Libra/Sieben Sekunden). (May 17, 2008)
I've changed the email contact info for the site, and discontinuing the email subscriptions - please use the RSS feed! (May 10, 2008)
Just a bit of housekeeping on the home page today; doing a bit of experimenting with SSI.
(April 30, 2008)
First off, the Onion Magazine tackles DeLillo - link to Odds and Ends for a nice graphic. Also, another reading of DeLillo's "The Word for Snow" in Chicago, on April 21 - see Events for details.
(April 19, 2008)
One more DeLillo event of interest in April - there'll be a reading of a short play on April 22 in NYC (most likely 'The Word for Snow'). Thanks to Bosh for this one.
(April 6, 2008)
More info on the international DeLillo conference coming up in late April in Germany, as well as an upcoming DeLillo appearance at the Norman Mailer Memorial on April 9 in NYC; see the Events page for details.
(April 2, 2008)
News on the international DeLillo conference coming up in late April in Germany; see the Events page for details.
(March 19, 2008)
News on an upcoming production of "Love-Lies-Bleeding" in Boston starting Feb 15. See Love-Lies-Bleeding Productions page.
(February 6, 2008)
News on the passing of a defender of access to literature, who kept DeLillo's Americana on the shelves of her Utah library in the face of great pressures, added to Odds and Ends page.
(January 27, 2008)
Here's a rarity - an actual DeLillo candid photo taken at Yankee stadium, sitting with Paul Auster and two folks from the Gotham Book Mart. Stuck this on the Odds and Ends page. (thanks to Trent!)
Also added a few recent items onto the Bibliography page.
(December 23, 2007)
A new article by Gerald Howard gives the full back story on Amazons - link and excerpt down at the bottom of the page. (thanks to Drew and Chad)
(December 15, 2007)
A bunch of new cover images. Lots of new ones on the German page, one new one on the Dutch page, and the best one is a great cover image for the Russian edition of Libra.
(November 25, 2007)
I learned after the fact of DeLillo's participation in the European Film Festival last week in Lisbon. Added an entry for it on the Events page.
(November 24, 2007)
On hearing of the passing of Norman Mailer today, I've added a short excerpt from a 1995 letter from DeLillo to Mailer to the Libra page, regarding Oswald. I also stuck in a bit of the recent Die Zeit interview referencing Mailer.
(November 10, 2007)
Updated some links on the Interviews page, including reviving long dead links to the 1997 Gerald Howard and Jonathan Bing pieces.
Also updated the Links page, and added a link to the DeLillo Society mailing list on Yahoo Groups.
And - stuck a new image (45 rpm) onto the Odds and Ends page, along with updating some links there.
Finally - updated Events page for a happening on Sept 9, 2007 not previously noted.
Added notes for the new short Play entitled "The Word for Snow" that premiered last week in Chicago. Also put in a new entry on the DeLillo/Lish connection on Odds and Ends (scroll down to the bottom to find it.
(November 4, 2007)
Added a new interview with a link and a couple excerpts (translated from the German), that ran on October 11 in Die Zeit (thanks to Daniel!).
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Two pieces of news today. First is that DeLillo will be appearing at a PEN event in NYC on April 25 (details on Events), and second is that a film has been made of the 1990 mini-playlet "The Rapture of the Athlete Assumed into Heaven" - details on the Plays page (thanks to Trent for this one!). (March 22, 2007)
Added recent cover images for the following novels: Americana, End Zone, Great Jones Street, Ratner's Star, White Noise, Libra & Mao II. (Mostly the Penguin editions).
Changed the link on The Triumph of Death to a Wikipedia entry on the painting, and have removed the image from my site.
Separated 2004 and 2005 New Additions onto separate pages. (Jan 1, 2007)
Also added information on a 2007 production of Love-Lies-Bleeding to be held in Sydney, Australia. Details on the Love-Lies-Bleeding Productions page. (Nov 12, 2006)
Also, updates to the "Game 6" page, adding reviews from Boston and New York.
And, updated the Interviews page to include the two published versions of what appear to be a single interview with John Freeman. (March 14, 2006)
Also added information for a new Lit Crit book on DeLillo, entitled Approaches to Teaching DeLillo's White Noise.
Last but not least I put a new DeLillo image up on the home page. (March 2, 2006)
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