Tag: Don DeLillo
Better to Have a Constant Sense of Dread Than Be Dead (Or Is It?): Noah Baumbach Revives White Noise at a Moment We Need to be Reminded of Our Inherent Doom
A long-held fear is being dredged up in the artistic output of late. The one that Woody Allen made an entire career out of before [Read More…]
Jayne Mansfield: The Ultimate Symbol of the Meaning Behind Don DeLillo’s Underworld
Jayne Mansfield may very well have been one of the first emblems of life in a postmodern world. Thus, her strong presence throughout Don DeLillo’s [Read More…]
Don DeLillo’s Libra: A Humanizing Account of Lee Harvey Oswald
Libra, one of the lesser appreciated works of Don DeLillo, came out in 1988–twenty-five years after John F. Kennedy’s death. Speculating on the events that [Read More…]
