Weekly Roundup: Literary Links
These are some of the literary links I’ve retweeted, shared, or bookmarked this week:
1. The film The End of the Tour, which chronicles the few days that author David Foster Wallace spent with Rolling Stone journalist David Lipsky at the end of a publicity tour for Infinite Jest, opens today. Since it isn’t playing anywhere near me, I’m enjoying reading the various responses from critics —
A. O. Scott reviews "The End of the Tour": "David Foster Wallace is not really its subject at all." http://t.co/IjOyDybtxf
— New York Times Books (@nytimesbooks) July 30, 2015
Exploring the perils of the real in the movie based on the book based on interviews with David Foster Wallace http://t.co/xH69XOcL8E
— Literary Hub (@lithub) July 30, 2015
Will 'The End of the Tour' change the way we think about David Foster Wallace? @DavidUlin on the new movie http://t.co/x0cEiVUyXy
— L.A. Times Books (@latimesbooks) July 30, 2015
Film Review: 'The End of the Tour' Offers A Hint Of David Foster Wallace's Inner Struggle http://t.co/L97I2chnac
— Fresh Air (@nprfreshair) July 30, 2015
In this Salon article, actor Jason Segel talks about playing David Foster Wallace in the film. The role was quite a departure from his usual comedies and his portrayal of Ted’s best friend Marshall on the show How I Met Your Mother.
2. On Wednesday the longlist was announced for the prestigious literary award, the Man Booker Prize.
Here Is the 2015 Man Booker Prize Longlist! http://t.co/4wnjMyXovN pic.twitter.com/o5O4PHikrZ
— goodreads (@goodreads) July 29, 2015
The Atlantic has a guide to the thirteen works on the list and NPR comments on the five American writers that are part of that list.
3. “yo call me Ishm@el!” For a humorous take on what would happen if the characters in classic novels like Moby-Dick or The Great Gatsby had cell phones, check out this recent piece:
How cell phones would change the plot of famous books http://t.co/3BJPSKEGWc pic.twitter.com/N1FBsEwBH2
— HuffPostCulture (@HuffPostArts) July 27, 2015
4. If you’re not able to visit The Morgan Library & Museum’s exhibit Alice: 150 Years of Wonderland, you can still celebrate this book’s anniversary by enjoying an online project that allows people to create their own personal digital editions, showcases remixes of Alice illustrations, and provides annotations from Lewis Carroll experts.
Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Wonderland with These Original Illustrations http://t.co/nOPqlYsMQ1 pic.twitter.com/UYAYJxDnoc
— goodreads (@goodreads) July 30, 2015
5. Classes start again in less than a month, so if you want to get in some fun reading before hitting the books for school, take a look at this list of 10 graphic novels:
A kick-back summer reading list of comics and graphic novels: http://t.co/lt2WJRBZyb
— New York Times Books (@nytimesbooks) July 29, 2015
