Description: The first book to comprehensively address Don DeLillo's deep and lasting engagement with the arts across the entirety of his writing career
Brief description: Catherine Gander is Associate Professor of American Literature at Maynooth University, Ireland. Her books include Muriel Rukeyser and Documentary: The Poetics of Connection (2013; Irish Association for American Studies biennial book prize winner), The Edinburgh Companion to Don DeLillo and the Arts (2023), Mixed Messages: American Correspondences in Visual and Verbal Practices (2016; co-edited with Sarah Garland), Beyond Ourselves: Contemporary Poets on Muriel Rukeyser (2026; co-edited with Stefania Heim), and the poetry sequence Matches (2024).
Review Quotes: This capacious volume offers a treasure trove of insights and approaches. Spanning DeLillo's entire oeuvre and featuring contributions from many distinguished scholars, the essays address the myriad ways that his works encounter and incorporate a wide range of art forms. It is sure to be an enormously valuable resource not only for DeLillo scholars, but for all readers interested in cross-artistic relationships and interdisciplinary criticism.--Mark Osteen, Loyola University Maryland