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Recorded readings (circa 2020) of rough drafts of chapters from my 2021 book, Old Style.
Four excerpts from Don DeLillo’s Underworld, which I reread during plague lockdown in 2020.
00:00—”Waste” (music by Charles Mingus)
06:00—”An American Sort of Thing” (music by Miles Davis)
10:50—”Quotidian” (music by Ornette Coleman)
17:25—”Denizens” (music by Endless Boogie)
I talk to one of my oldest friends, Chicago painter Frank Spidale. We talk art, music, jobs, living in Chicago, and more. See Spidale’s work at his site and follow him on Instagram.
A talk with writer Lucy Sante. We discuss immigration, her upcoming trip to her native Belgium, transitioning, and more. Learn about Sante at her websiteand follow her on Instagram. Read my reviews of The Other Paris and Maybe the People Would Be the Times and a newsletter about a lunch we shared in May, 2021.
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