[Pynchon has] defined for me, especially in Gravity’s Rainbow, what a novel can do, what ‘the point’ of deep, sustained attention to a long fiction can be. Jeff Severs The organizer of the International Pynchon Week: a “good Pynchonian”! Jeffrey Severs, who organizes the 2022 International Pynchon Week (IPW) in Vancouver, BC, Canada, grew up and […]
The International Pynchon Week 2022
IPW brings together the world’s leading producers of market pulp, suppliers, financial analysts, logistic companies, and their customers for a first-class informational and networking opportunity. IPW 2022 The IPW in Vancouver – “Pulp” or “Pynchon”? Honestly, if you were a participant in this year’s IPW, you might encounter some references to pulp fiction, you might […]
“Pynchon” in Rome
Dumque suis victrix septembre de montibus orbe prospiciet domitum Martia Roma, legar. As long as Rome, City of Mars, from its seven hills looks down upon a world conquered, people will read me. Ovid (43 BC – AD 17), Tristien III 7, 51f. (translation by Utz Klöppelt) The International Pynchon Week in Rome Consider the […]