Tag: Don DeLillo

Don DeLillo’s GREAT JONES STREET – BookTube

This was my first attempt at making a BookTube video. Hope more will follow.

Don DeLillo’s “Great Jones Street”

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Great Jones Street (permalink)

Don DeLillo’s “Great Jones Street” is a novel that intricately weaves the thematic and stylistic elements of rock music into its narrative fabric, creating a unique literary experience that mirrors the rhythm, themes, and existential inquiries of rock lyrics. DeLillo’s prose is both dense and poetic, characterized by sharp dialogue and meticulous attention to detail, which aligns with the complex and often introspective lyrics found in rock music.

Hey look at this (permalink)

Colophon (permalink)

Currently writing:

  • A book of poetry to accompany a graphic novel I’m working on

  • The above-mentioned graphic novel

Currently reading:

  • A book of poetry to accompany a graphic novel I’m working on

  • The above-mentioned graphic novel

Don DeLillo’s Typewriter

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Don DeLillo’s letter to me in 2001, damaged in the mail

Don DeLilloDon DeLillo’s letter to me in 2001, damaged in the mail

In late 2000 I wrote a letter to Don DeLillo asking him what kind of typewriter he used. I’d read in the Paris Review interview that he used a manual typewriter. A page from said typewriter (from his novel Libra) was also reproduced in the article, and I found it fascinating because it showed evidence of hard labor — typing and lots of inked-in corrections. Plus, the type style was beautiful and I wanted that typewriter. So I wrote the letter. A few months later I received a letter (unfortunately damaged) in reply from this most reclusive literary genius, who identified his typewriter as an Olympia “SM-something.” The above photo clearly shows an Olympia SM9, manufactured in the early 1970s. A great and reliable machine, one of which I now own. Here’s a link to the manual.