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Born 1936
Also known as Don Delillo, Donald Richard DeLillo, Deliluo (DeLillo, Don), DeLillo Don, delillo don, Don DeLillo writing as Cleo Birdwell
Donald Richard DeLillo (Don DeLillo) is an American novelist, playwright and essayist, DeLillo's works centers on subjects as diverse as TV, nuclear war, sports, language, performance art, the Cold War, the digital age, politics, economics, and terrorism.
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Public notes, reviews, lists, and conversations around Don DeLillo.
…al philosophy works, but that's at the cost of the story and writing, IMO. Does @Underworld do this? I haven't read it, but I know it's also a "big issue" kind of novel. Perhaps all of DeLillo's works are, in some sense? It's hard…
The family is the cradle of the world's misinformation. There must be something in family life that generates factual error. Overcloseness, the noise and heat of being. Perhaps something even deeper, like the need to survive. Murray says we are fragile creatu…
…t like White Noise (1985). I’m not very familiar with DeLillo’s oeuvre––I liked @Libra when I read it in high school––but a number of authors whose works I've come to love name him as a major influence. For one, David Foster W…
I’m surprised at how much I didn't like White Noise (1985). I’m not very familiar with DeLillo’s oeuvre––I liked @Libra when I read it in high school––but a number of authors whose works I've come to love name him as a major influence. For one, David Foster W…
books i own in hardcopy but have yet to finish or even open. some bought some loaned some gifted.
The Comprehensive and Encyclopedic Conor Oberst Reading Guide: books featured in Oberst's lyrics and books he's talked about in interviews. Lyrics and links provided to cite my sources, cover my ass, etc. Lyrics: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kun…
I'm afraid to go anywhere, even the seedy diner in the nearest little crossroads town. I'm convinced the serious trackers are moving in with their mobile phones and zoom lenses. Once you choose this life, you understand what it's like to exist in a state of c…
Liked but didn't love. Jacket design goes incredibly hard. I normally really enjoy novels that pivot themselves around being sharp and observational (i.e. ones that are written in a pieced-together-anecdotes style) but this was too stuffy and slow for my liki…
