This page is used to note all the new additions to the site, for repeat visitors. Main homepage is Don DeLillo's America.
Continuing on a recent theme - check out a January recording of a chat between Gerald Howard (editor for DeLillo in the 80s) and scholar Mark Osteen (editor of the recent Library of America volumes) on the topic of 'Why Don DeLillo deserves the Nobel'.
And here's a rather nice piece from 2014 in the LA Review of Books: 'DeLillo and the Triumph of Solitude' by Woody Lewis, drawing mostly upon Underworld:
Using pulp novels and film noir and early modern painting and music and religious imagery — whatever’s in the cultural air — along with our own personal memories, DeLillo suggests, we build our sense of place, and our sense of how to move through it.
Noting that Underworld was included in The Atlantic's Great American Novels listing.
(March 15, 2024)
The Links page adds the new podcast Don DeLillo Should Win the Nobel Prize - check it out!
(Feb. 22, 2024)
Noting that Underworld was included in Simon & Schuster's 100 - an anniversary list for their 100th anniversary.
(Feb. 5, 2024)
Linking here for a couple recent pieces on DeLillo: Frank Guan's long piece in n+1 (issue 46, Fall 2023), entitled "Speaking in Tongues" occasioned by the LOA volumes and focusing at DeLillo's rise in the 1980s, and a shorter piece on End Zone by Michael Agresta, from the Texas Monthly and titled "The ‘Moby Dick’ of Texas Football Novels Is Hard-hitting as Ever".
(Dec. 8, 2023)
Updates for the publication of the Library of America volume Mao II & Underworld on the Bibliography, and on Events
(Nov. 19, 2023)
And one more thing - the recently revived Bookforum has a nice long piece on DeLillo by Christian Lorentzen in the Summer 2023 issue; Shocks to the System - Don DeLillo’s novels of the Cold War and its aftermath, covering the Library of America DeLillo volumes.
(Sept 4, 2023)
Been awhile! Added a new Italian translation/edition of White Noise, and noted the new Preface by DeLillo included in the recent printings of Underworld (also noted in the Bibliography).
(Aug. 31, 2023)
Had to add the Ohio ATE to the Events page.
(Feb. 16, 2023)
Added a couple more reviews to the White Noise film page, with an exclusive from Tom LeClair.
(Jan. 14, 2023)
The end of another dull and lurid year! Updated the Events page with Dana Spiotta's piece on White Noise in the NYT Book Review.
(Dec. 31, 2022)
New! A page of editions from Finland. Check out the gallery of Finnish editions! Starts with a reissue of White Noise using the movie poster art.
(Dec. 12, 2022)
Quick updates on the White Noise film which is now playing more widely around the U.S., and being widely reviewed. Also updated the Events page with a link to a retrospective review from Tom LeClair on the Three Novels.
(Dec. 10, 2022)
Internet wonders do still exist! Via the 'Chronology' of the new Library of America volume Don DeLillo: Three Novels of the 1980s, we learn of a radio play titled 'Mother' written by DeLillo and first broadcast in 1966 on WBAI. More details can be found on the Plays page, including a link to a recording of the broadcast. Added to the Bibliography page.
(Nov. 24, 2022)
Updates for the publication of the Library of America volume Don DeLillo: Three Novels of the 1980s on the Bibliography page. Listed a 2012 interview I was previously unaware of by Kevin Rabalais, on the Interviews page, with link to a scanned transcript. Also put in a few updates onto the Events page since time does pass.
(Nov. 22, 2022)
Updates on the White Noise film which opened the New York Film Festival last night.
(Oct. 1, 2022)
Some initial reviews and reports for the White Noise film which premiered today in Venice, and also put in a few updates onto the Events page.
(Aug. 31, 2022)
Added the poster and teaser for the White Noise film premiering this week.
(Aug. 28, 2022)
The White Noise film U.S. premiere at the New York Film Festival coming on Sept. 30, along with a bit of promotion on the White Noise film itself.
(Aug. 14, 2022)
Added two new editions to the Ukrainian page, with thanks to translator Max Nestelieiev. Also added the White Noise premiere at the Venice Film Festival coming on August 31, along with a little update on the White Noise film itself.
(July 28, 2022)
Finally caught up with a few items.... a nice conversation between Don and Kae Tempest on the Interviews page (thanks Bosh!), a new Italian edition of short pieces, plus news of a DeLillo Library of American volume coming in October. Oh, and one more for Odds and Ends.
(April 30, 2022)
I think I've cleared the backlog today, with a couple new items on the Odds and Ends page. Happy New Year!
(Jan 1, 2022)
Fixed a bunch of broken links on various pages, Events, Media page, etc. though I'll never find them all! - one new item discovered however, a recording of a DeLillo reading and QA from April 24, 2003 now linked on the Events page.
(Dec 29, 2021)
Cleanup of the 'old new adds' pages (links found at the bottom of this page). Also slowly fixing a multitude of broken links on various pages (will take a few days!).
(Dec 28, 2021)
Trying to catch up on a few things! More news on film adaptations on the Odds and Ends page. A new Zero K editions page, some updates on the French editions page, and also an update on the Bibliography page for the appearance of the essay "Man at the Window" in the paperback edition of The Silence.
(Dec 27, 2021)
Added a number of editions: for The Silence, a number of Danish editions, and a few more Italian Rumore Bianco covers.
(Nov 6, 2021)
Added a couple fun items: one we can call the Wheat Germ film adaptation, and one for the Odds and Ends list.
(Aug 29, 2021)
Created a page for the White Noise film adaptation that is planned to shoot this summer and release in 2022, directed by Noah Baumbach.
(July 5, 2021)
Added an event from 20+ years ago when I found that there is a recording of a DeLillo reading and talk from the John Adams Institute - look for May 27, 1998 on the DeLillo Events page.
(Mar 31, 2021)
Late news of an online DeLillo Event tomorrow, and added one 2019 piece to the White Noise Media page.
(Mar 27, 2021)
Added three nice cover images of recent Spanish editions, and updated the Italian editions for Il silenzio (thanks Gianluca!).
(Mar 13, 2021)
Reports this week on a film project based on White Noise involving Noah Baumbach, new item on the Odds and Ends page.
(Jan 18, 2021)
Created an Editions of The Silence page. Also added two items to the The Silence Media Watch.
(Dec 13, 2020)
Added three items to the The Silence Media Watch.
(Dec 1, 2020)
Added a recent items to the The Silence Media Watch.
(Nov 14, 2020)
Added a bunch more recent items to the The Silence Media Watch, and also put a few details and thoughts onto The Silence page.
(Oct 25, 2020)
Added three more items to the The Silence Media Watch, featuring a piece from The Guardian with a number of DeLillo quotes.
(Oct 18, 2020)
Created a 'media watch' page for The Silence, with a couple early reviews.
(Oct 10, 2020)
Harper's has published an excerpt entitled "Time to Destination" from the beginning of The Silence, and you'll find a link to it there.
(Sept 19, 2020)
Added the cover shot for The Silence along with a new link to an EW preview and little excerpt.
(July 16, 2020)
The full story of the origins and making of the DeLillo-scripted film are now revealed by Ross Scarano in The Ringer; get the details & link in the Media Watch section on the 'Game 6' page.
(July 7, 2020)
Created a new page for The Silence, coming in October, and stuck a link on the main page.
(June 27, 2020)
Some welcome news in these times - new DeLillo work due out in October! More details on the Events page.
(June 12, 2020)
The unseen - the web is missing links of DeLillo's work - see the Odds and Ends page.
(May 16, 2020)
In the midst of global pandemic, White Noise and DeLillo are frequent reference points - one example on the Odds and Ends page.
(May 2, 2020)
In London next month: an opera based on "The Angel Esmeralda" to be staged by the Guildhall School, details on the Events page.
(Jan 20, 2020)
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