We talk with critic Steven Moore, the world's leading scholar on William Gaddis and the man who helped edit David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest." We talk about his approach to criticism; his "hierarchy of reading;" the influence of Stuart Gilbert's book on "Ulysses;" his love of "Finnegans Wake;" the importance of Catholicism to Alexander Theroux; Moore's relationship with David Foster Wallace; Gaddis' connection to the Beat milieu and how Moore reviewed William T. Vollmann's "Rising Up and Rising Down," and more. Please check out Moore's new book on Theroux: http://zerogrampress.com/2020/03/30/alexander-theroux-a-fans-notes/

Music attribution: “Sunday Smooth" by Scott Buckley, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License - www.scottbuckley.com.au.