In Episode 52, we talk to Jon Baskin, author of the exciting new book Ordinary Unhappiness: The Therapeutic Fiction of David Foster Wallace. Topics of exploration in the conversation include Freud, Wittgenstein, and hating Ben Lerner (or not).
You can find out more details and buy Jon's book here, through Stanford University Press: https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=29316
Jon’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/BaskinJon
The Point Twitter and website: https://twitter.com/the_point_mag & https://t.co/QV9prYnta5?amp=1
On The Hatred of Literature - https://thepointmag.com/letter/on-the-hatred-of-literature/
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Episode 76 - 2023 Year in Review, featuring Ben "Felonies!" Diamond
Episode 75 - Diego Báez, Author of Yaguareté White
Episode 74 - David Lipsky, author of The Parrot and the Igloo
BONUS: DFW vs Martin Amis: Every Tennis Match is a Ghost Story
Episode 73 - Matt Bucher, author of The Belan Deck
Episode 72 - Sheila Liming, author of Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time
Episode 71 - Year in Review 2022 with Evan Stephens Hall of Pinegrove
Episode 70 - Peyton Thomas, author of Both Sides Now
Episode 69 - Michael O’Connell, editor of Conversations with George Saunders
Episode 68 - Adam Levin, author of Mount Chicago
Episode 67 - Christian TeBordo, author of The Apology (and DFW22 Conference Recap)
Episode 66 - Dario Diofebi, author of Paradise, Nevada
Episode 65 - Kyle Beachy, author of The Most Fun Thing
Episode 64 - 2021 Year in Review
Episode 63 -Deb Olin Unferth
Episode 62 - Phillip Freedenberg & Jeff Walton
Episode 61 - Steve Erickson (feat. Matt Luter & Mike Miley)
Episode 60 - Brandon Hobson
Episode 59 - Introducing....Concavity Show
Episode 58 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with Chris Via of Leaf by Leaf
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