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DT Max, biographer of David Foster Wallace - Part 2

DT Max, biographer of David Foster Wallace - Part 2

FromLit with Charles


DT Max, biographer of David Foster Wallace - Part 2

FromLit with Charles

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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Jun 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Last week, I released the first half and this week’s release is the second part of the wonderful interview with DT Max, who wrote an excellent biography of David Foster Wallace in 2012 called “Every Love Story is a Ghost Story”. If you haven’t listened to the first part, I suggest you start with that to make sure you understand the context. 

List of books mentioned:
Favourite book that I’d never heard of: Harold Brodkey’s: “First Love and Other Sorrows”.
Favourite book of last 12 months: “The Netanyahus”, by Joshua Cohen
Disappointing book of the last 12 months: Janet Malcolm “Still Pictures: On Photography and Memory”
A book that he would take to a desert island: “Infinite Jest” by David Foster Wallace, and “Sentimental Education” by Gustave Flaubert
A book that changed his mind: “The First World War” by John Keegan

Find DT Max:
Book: ⁠https://amzn.eu/d/d3RQP5t⁠
Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/dtmax?lang=en⁠
Website: ⁠https://dtmaxdotcom.wordpress.com/⁠

Follow me ⁠⁠@litwithcharles⁠⁠ for more book reviews and recommendations!
Released:
Jun 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Welcome to Lit with Charles, a podcast on all things literary, where I interview people who've either written books or have interesting things to say about them. If you're like me, then you love reading, but maybe you're not sure what you should be reading. Or perhaps you feel intimidated by conversations around books. The main aim of this podcast is to make literature exciting and accessible and hopefully will help you discover new books and authors that are off the beaten track. Follow me on @litwithcharles for books reviews and recommendations.