Jeff Severs's guest appearances

Jeff Severs

Concavity Show

Adam Levin

David Foster Wallace

Steve Erickson

Don DeLillo

Andrew Savage

Sean Pratt

Shazia Hafiz Ramji

Chris Ayers

Edmund Waldstein

Mike Miley

Michael McGowan

Deb Olin Unferth

Marshall Boswell

Kyle Beachy

Bo Butler

OwlTail

In this episode, we talk with Jeff Severs, author of the excellent new book David Foster Wallace’s Balancing Books: Fictions of Value, published by Columbia University Press. Severs is associate professor of English at the University of British Columbia, Canada, Convexity.  Severs is also a noted Pynchon scholar, author of a number of scholarly articles and co-editor of a book about Against the Day.  His website can be found at https://jeffreysevers.wordpress.com/   Show Notes 1:00 - Introductions 2:40 - Austinites 3:34 - James Manguson 5:00 - MFA programs 6:10 - Mary Carter - the name Matt was trying to think of  7:50 - Overview of the book  9:05 - Balance in general 10:05 - Axiology - study of valuation 13:06 - Heidegger defines axios 17:18 - A Tripartite writer 26:26 - A biographical approach  34:15 - Juxtaposing hard labor with a dissolute consumerist society 40:31 - GQ, Obama, rhetoric, 2008 46:53 - The civic vision of the Pale King 1:35:40 - Jeff correctly picks Moonlight as the Best Picture winner!

In this episode, we talk with Jeff Severs, author of the excellent new book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/David-Foster-Wallaces-Balancing-Books/dp/0231179448" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Foster Wallace’s Balancing Books: Fictions of Value</a>, published by Columbia University Press. Severs is associate professor of English at the University of British Columbia, Canada, Convexity. Severs is also a noted Pynchon scholar, author of a number of scholarly articles and co-editor of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pynchons-Against-Day-Corrupted-Pilgrims/dp/1611490642" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a book about Against the Day</a>. His website can be found at <a href="https://jeffreysevers.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://jeffreysevers.wordpress.com/</a> Show Notes 1:00 - Introductions 2:40 - Austinites 3:34 - James Manguson 5:00 - MFA programs 6:10 - Mary Carter - the name Matt was trying to think of 7:50 - Overview of the book 9:05 - Balance in general 10:05 - Axiology - study of valuation 13:06 - Heidegger defines axios 17:18 - A Tripartite writer 26:26 - A biographical approach 34:15 - Juxtaposing hard labor with a dissolute consumerist society 40:31 - GQ, Obama, rhetoric, 2008 46:53 - The civic vision of the Pale King 1:35:40 - Jeff correctly picks Moonlight as the Best Picture winner!

Episode 26: Discussing David Foster Wallace with Jeff Severs