From all reports the Skylight Books Infinite Summer celebration was a success. Sideshow Media Group have page up with photos and an embedded youtube video of John Krasinski reading from BIWHM.

Infinite Summer is over :(

 

Congratulations to Matthew and the Infinite Summer team. I didn't manage another full read of Infinite Jest, but I dipped back in numerous times, followed the forums and the blogs. I thoroughly enjoyed it. 

 

Sorry I've been a bit slow the last week (I have a huge backlog of bits and pieces), most exciting is the Skylight Books post Infinite Summer Celebration. TODAY Tues 22/9 8-9:30pm at Skylight Books 1818 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, California 90027.

 

As well as nice people to talk to, it has been announced John Krasinski will be there to promote the Brief Interviews movie which opens this week. More here at L.A. Times Book Blog Jacket Copy.

I've heard on the grape vine that The Pale King may be delayed until Fall next year. If this is the case I don't see this as a bad thing. The last thing any of us want is a rushed edit of an unfinished novel. I'm sure Michael Pietsch is doing a wonderful job.

A great piece by Greg Carlisle (author of Elegant Complexity ) about how Infinite Jest changed his life just got posted over at Infinite Summer. Read it. 

An interview with John Krasinski has been posted at the Hulu blog as well as an exclusive 'making of' Brief Interviews with Hideous Men . (US viewers only, I assume it has spoilers. Is it any good?)

 

There's also a positive review of the film over at Film Journal International.

A couple of old DFW interviews.

 

The first is with Lewis Frumkes from 1999. I think this is probably the most uncomfortable DFW interview I've listened to. DFW does a great job fielding a series of rambling and, dare I say, poorly researched questions. His little responses to a number of the questions, before he answers them, are hilarious. (Thanks, Naughty)

 

The second is from a website by Bryan Garner (of Garner's Modern American Usage which was the subject of DFW's Tense Present). I am informed there are a number of these in the series, anyone seen any of them? (Thanks, Kit) Update: Now also over at Youtube (Thanks, Lefteris)