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Matt Bucher & Dave Laird
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Episode 53 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with Adam Levin, author of Bubblegum and The Instructions
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04/07/20 • 116 min
In Episode 53, we're joined by the writer Adam Levin, author of The Instructions, Hot Pink, and the incredible forthcoming novel Bubblegum, which releases April 14, 2020. In our conversation, we talk a good deal about the new novel, Adam's experience reading/thinking about Wallace, swearing, parrots, swearing & parrots, metafiction, and other fun topics.
Show notes:
Adam's website: https://www.adamlevinadamlevin.com/
Order Bubblegum - https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385544962
Guernica excerpt of Bubblegum - https://www.guernicamag.com/bubblegum/?fbclid=IwAR39CVIwDGSW9KZm7rrzGA7DaMEAG4sLpf7lxjHVZq4wEvtYZpo2LJW7s58
Order The Instructions - https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/the-instructions
Order Hot Pink - https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/hot-pink?taxon_id=1
"Kid Positive" The New Yorker - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/02/kid-positive
"Kid Positive" interview, The New Yorker - https://www.newyorker.com/books/this-week-in-fiction/adam-levin-03-02-20
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04/07/20 • 116 min
03/08/20 • 92 min
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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03/08/20 • 92 min
Episode 51 - 2019 Year in Review (feat. Mike Miley)
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01/01/20 • 117 min
In Episode 51, we bring on our resident film expert and Episode 38 guest Mike Miley to talk about our year in books, movies, music, TV, and games.
Show Notes:
Link to Jeff Tweedy & George Saunders interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWlKCB1JCG0
2019 Playlist (iTunes): https://music.apple.com/ca/playlist/the-great-concavitys-best-of-2019/pl.u-yZyVVY3tYq2akv
2019 Playlist (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6blJyhTb9QdKFB1qdyc9ug
Mike's Book: https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/T/Truth-and-Consequences
Mike's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikecmiley?lang=en
Approaches to Teaching Wallace: https://www.mla.org/Publications/Bookstore/Approaches-to-Teaching-World-Literature/Approaches-to-Teaching-the-Works-of-David-Foster-Wallace
Contact Dave & Matt
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01/01/20 • 117 min
12/11/19 • 84 min
In Episode 50, we talk to Michael McGowan and Martin Brick, the editors of David Foster Wallace and Religion: Essays on Faith and Fiction, out now from Bloomsbury Academic: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/david-foster-wallace-and-religion-9781501345289/
Contact our guests:
Michael McGowan: prof.mcgowan@gmail.com
Martin Brick: brickm@ohiodominican.edu
Contact Dave & Matt
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12/11/19 • 84 min
11/07/19 • 95 min
This is the second and final episode covering Wallace and DeLillo's correspondence, housed at the Ransom Center Archive in Austin, Texas.
Show notes:
1996 Leonard Lopate interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ4AeIRKbfwhttps://www.wnyc.org/story/56878-david-foster-wallace/
1996 David Streitfeld piece: https://craigfehrman.com/2010/05/05/details-1996-profile-of-david-foster-wallace/
Robyn O'Neil's show at The Modern, WE, THE MASSES: https://www.themodern.org/exhibition/upcoming/robyn-oneil-we-the-masses-/5115
Robyn O'Neil pop-up shop at The Modern: https://shop.themodern.org/collections/robyn-oneil
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11/07/19 • 95 min
09/26/19 • 71 min
After a very busy summer, Dave and Matt reconvene to discuss the Wallace/DeLillo correspondence housed at the Ransom Center in Austin, Texas. This will be the first instalment of a several-part episode, as there's a lot here to cover!
Five Dials, David Foster Wallace Memorial - https://fivedials.com/files/fivedials_no10.pdf
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09/26/19 • 71 min
07/01/19 • 93 min
In Episode 48, we're joined by Yonina Hoffman. Yonina is PhD student at the Ohio State University. Her work centers around, you guessed it, David Foster Wallace.
In this discussion, we cover a range of topics around DFW's work and Yonina's dissertation. We discuss voice, narrative, voice, humor and other issues that track across Wallace's career. Yonina has also presented on Updike and New Sincerity so we ask her about that.
You can find Yonina on Twitter: @yonina. She also has this nifty website: http://www.yoninahoffman.com/
Contact Dave and Matt:
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07/01/19 • 93 min
Episode 47 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with Jim Gauer, author of Novel Explosives
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05/10/19 • 86 min
In Episode 47, we're joined by Jim Gauer, author of the excellent Novel Explosives, a book you've no doubt heard us mention in recent conversations. Jim is a mathematician, published poet, and self-described as the world's only Marxist venture capitalist.
In this discussion, we cover a range of topics around Jim's book, it's relation to Wallace's sensibilities and Infinite Jest, the dangers of hyper-capitalism, the anxiety of influence, lethality enhancement, and a host of others.
Jim's book can be purchased through your local bookstore (which he most encourages), with the backup plan of online sales (though he implores you to avoid giving Jeff Bezos more money to fuel his space colony dystopia, if possible) - http://zerogrampress.com/2016/10/08/novel-explosives/
Links discussed:
Jim's interview with Michael Silverblatt on Bookworm: https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/bookworm/jim-gauer-novel-explosives
Jim's interview on Eye 94: https://www.mixcloud.com/lumpenradio/eye-94-4-15-2018-jim-gauer/
Jim's Paris Review poetry: https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/2778/will-this-thought-do-jim-gauer
Contact Dave and Matt:
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05/10/19 • 86 min
04/05/19 • 70 min
In Episode 46 we talk to Rhodes College professor and O.G. Wallace scholar Marshall Boswell about his new book The Wallace Effect: David Foster Wallace and the Contemporary Literary Imagination, out now from Bloomsbury Press!
As usual, we bash Franzen a bit, get some overview of the central novels addressed in Marshall's book, and discuss the recent trend of "Wallace Snark" online.
Contact Dave and Matt:
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04/05/19 • 70 min
05/26/20 • 76 min
In Episode 54, we talk to Martina Testa, Editor at Edizioni SUR, and one of Wallace's Italian translators and interpreters. The conversation explores her background with discovering Wallace's writing, getting contracts to translate his work, the Italian fervour surrounding him, and her friendship with Wallace.
You can find Martina online in these places:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/martinatesta
Edizioni SUR Website - https://www.edizionisur.it/chi-siamo/
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05/26/20 • 76 min
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How many episodes does Concavity Show have?
Concavity Show currently has 76 episodes available.
What topics does Concavity Show cover?
The podcast is about Podcasts and Arts.
What is the most popular episode on Concavity Show?
The episode title 'Episode 53 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with Adam Levin, author of Bubblegum and The Instructions' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Concavity Show?
The average episode length on Concavity Show is 87 minutes.
How often are episodes of Concavity Show released?
Episodes of Concavity Show are typically released every 30 days, 14 hours.
When was the first episode of Concavity Show?
The first episode of Concavity Show was released on Oct 9, 2015.
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