David Shields's Blog, page 2

I’m the co-author, with Shane Salerno, of an oral biography, THE PRIVATE WAR OF J.D. SALINGER, forthcoming from Simon & Schuster in Sept 2013.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/biography-of-j-d-salinger-coming-in-september/

How Literature Saved My Life: “Top 10 Books in Literary Biographies, Essays and Criticism”

Publishers Weekly Spring Announcements

Soderbergh on why he is going to stop making movies: “The tyranny of narrative is beginning to frustrate me.”

http://www.vulture.com/2013/01/steven-soderbergh-in-conversation.html

www.deadline.com/2013/01/jd-salinger-...

http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/jd-salinger-american-masters-secret-documentary-movie-january-2014/

New Orleans Review: “Fantastic new work”

http://www.neworleansreview.org/how-literature-saved-my-life

How Literature Saved My Life chosen as one of the most anticipated books of 2013 by Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly

Seattle Metropolitan Magazine: “the author namechecks locals in How Literature Saved My Life”

http://seattlemet.com/articles/david-shields-and-three-northwesterners-who-saved-his-life-february-2013

Geoff Dyer on the novelistic essay/essayistic novel; also, properly strong focus on “tall writers”:

C-SPAN video

Students ask me questions, such as “War—what is it good for?” I answer with short passages from my new book, How Literature Saved My Life, forthcoming in 3 weeks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWTzcyuzQds

http://vimeo.com/57885043

Soundtrack by James Nugent.