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Don DeLillo Should Win the Nobel Prize

Jeffrey Severs & Michael Streit
Don Delillo
Underworld
Libra
Libra (don Delillo Novel)
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Jack Ruby
Ratner's Star
Pafko At the Wall
Anthony Decurtis
Mao II
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With episodes in which two devoted readers (Jeffrey Severs and Michael Streit) unpack his deadpan, hilarious, and disturbing works one by one, DDSWTNP is dedicated to the idea that Don DeLillo, the greatest of living writers, deserves every serious reader’s attention. Contact: ddswtnp@gmail.com. @delillopodcast. **Support our work and our trip to DeLillo's archive**: www.buymeacoffee.com/d... more

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In Episode 38, DDSWTNP talk to John Duvall, a major scholar of DeLillo, author of a 2002 reader’s guide to Underworld, and expert especially on how DeLillo’s 1992 novella “Pafko at the Wall” became, five years later, the Prologue, “The Triumph of Dea... more

In Episode 37, DDSWTNP kick off the Summer of Underworld with an overview that, like Episode 20: Discovering White Noise, offers newcomers to the novel a set of things to look out for as well as readings bound to appeal to those already familiar with... more

Transmission incoming from the insane world of Ratner’s Star, DeLillo’s fourth novel, a major change in his fiction and his most difficult text, underappreciated as precedent for his later turns on encyclopedic form in Libra and Underworld. Ratner’s ... more

Anticipating a summer to be spent exploring Underworld, DDSWTNP in Episode 35 take a small detour to a DeLillo short story, “Creation,” which distills DeLillo’s omnipresent motifs of Romanticism and Christian mythos, transports literal and figurative... more

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Recent Guests

John Duvall
Margaret Church Distinguished Professor of English at Purdue University
Purdue University
Episode: Episode 38: Pafko at the Wall with John Duvall
Tom LeClair
Literary critic, former professor; DeLillo specialist
University of Cincinnati (retired)
Episode: Episode 34: An Interview with Tom LeClair
Gerald Howard
Editor and publisher with a 50-year publishing career, DeLillo specialist
Penguin Random House/Viking Penguin (formerly)
Episode: Episode 31: An Interview with Gerald Howard

Hosts

Jeff Severs
Host who introduces discussions and provides analysis; a consistent anchor across episodes.
Mike Streit
Co-host who engages in close reading, questions, and discussion; provides analytical framing.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 55 ratings
  • show name isn’t wrong

    great discussions and fantastic supplement to reading delillo. would love more book discussions on other authors!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Bdwilkinson17
    United States4 months ago
  • This podcast should win the Nobel prize!

    These guys aren’t just giving plot summaries. They provide a very in depth and insightful analysis of Delillo’s works starting from his first published works. Excellent podcast!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Rose1239014
    United Statesa year ago
  • Thumbs up

    This series has been one of my favorite podcast discoveries of 2025.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    ~Grant
    United Statesa year ago
  • Really excited to se where this goes, and hope you keep it up as planned. One for big fans of DeLillo and literature fans in general.

    Podcast Addict
    5
    ayanamidreamsequence
    3 years ago

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The series offers deep, thoughtful analysis beyond plot summaries.
High-quality discussions that appeal to serious readers and scholars.
The hosts' insights into DeLillo's interviews and historical context are compelling.
Audience-friendly, but you'll need time for long-form episodes.
Engaging banter with rigorous literary critique makes complex ideas accessible.

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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Episode 30: "So What?"
Q: How does DeLillo describe the labor and patience required to write?
He emphasizes patience and a faith in the process, waiting for moments to change without forcing outcomes, which he contrasts with the glamour of quick success.
Episode 30: "So What?"
Q: What is the role of the image in DeLillo's fiction?
The image is the primary material he works with; concepts arise from manipulating and juxtaposing images rather than serving as the starting point for a plot.
Episode 30: "So What?"
Q: How much of your writing is pre-planned versus discovered as you go?
DeLillo says the structure reveals itself sentence by sentence and much of the novel's architecture unfolds during the writing process rather than being plotted in advance.
Episode 31: An Interview with Gerald Howard
Q: Why does DeLillo deserve the Nobel Prize, in your view?
The guest explains that DeLillo's work illuminates the American condition across the post-war era, offering a deep, nuanced understanding of culture, technology, and terrorism, and that scholars will rely on his novels to understand the era's complexities beyond mere sensationalism.
Episode 34: An Interview with Tom LeClair
Q: How did your Greece interview with DeLillo influence your later critical work?
It reshaped LeClair's understanding of DeLillo and spurred the creation of the interview collection Anything Can Happen, while also launching his ongoing role as a primary critic and connector within DeLillo criticism.

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