Episode 17.1 - David Foster Wallace Conference 2016 Recap Show - Part 1

In Part 1 of this two-part episode we look back at the 3rd Annual David Foster Wallace Conference, held at Illinois State University. We talk with a number of DFW scholars and conference attendees. 

In this episode are interviews with keynote speaker Marshall Boswell, Michael O'Connell, Jeff Severs, Corrie Baldauf, Matt Luter, Mike Miley, and Samantha Wallace. 

Show notes:

00:00:45 - Recap of our respective summers

00:05:30 - The Inkiest Black

00:06:55 - Online communities

00:10:30 - 4th Annual Conference

00:15:01 - photo caption contest

00:17:18 - Interview with Michael O'Connell

00:27:51 - Interview with Marshall Boswell

00:29:00 - Cambridge Companion to David Foster Wallace, edited by Ralph Clare

00:38:20 - Interview with Jeff Severs

00:50:57 - Interview with Corrie Baldauf

01:04:37 - Interview with Matt Luter

01:17:03 - Interview with Mike Miley

01:30:53 - Interview with Samantha 'No Relation' Wallace

People notes:

Michael O'Connell, Siena Heights University

“Your temple is self and sentiment”: David Foster Wallace’s diagnostic novels

Marshall Boswell, author of Understanding David Foster Wallace

Jeff Severs, author of David Foster Wallace's Balancing Books

https://jeffreysevers.wordpress.com/

Corrie Baldauf 

https://twitter.com/CorrieBaldauf

http://greatconcavity.podbean.com/e/episode-4-discussing-david-foster-wallace-with-corrie-baldauf/ 

Matt Luter, author of Understanding Jonathan Lethem

St. Andrew’s Episcopal School

Twitter: @matthewjluter

Mike Miley

https://twitter.com/MikeCMiley

Samantha Wallace, University of Virginia