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Umberto Eco Interview

Umberto Eco Interview
I am wondering if you read Dan Brown’s “Da Vinci Code,” which some critics see as the pop version of your “Name of the Rose.”
I was obliged to read it because everybody was asking me about it. My answer is that Dan Brown is one of the characters in my novel, “Foucault’s Pendulum,” [...]

The ecstasy of influence: A plagiarism, by Jonathan Lethem

The ecstasy of influence: A plagiarism, by Jonathan Lethem
That is to say, most artists are converted to art by art itself. Finding one’s voice isn’t just an emptying and purifying oneself of the words of others but an adopting and embracing of filiations, communities, and discourses. Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an [...]

All God’s Children Can Dance

All God’s Children Can Dance - first film adaptation of a Murakami story. I’m a recent Murakami convert, I’m pretty interested to see what it’s like.

Liquor and Lit

Liquor and Lit - “A Portrait of the Writer as a Drunk”

New William Gibson Novel!

New William Gibson Novel!
New book: Yay!
Here we go. I turned in corrected proofs last week. I don’t know when advanced reading copies will go out, but soon.
Available in August: Boo!

Don’t Try To Read Me

Don’t Try To Read Me
It was brilliant. It was sophisticated. It was meaningful. And I wish I had thought of it myself.