Paul D'Agostino

Chuffed that my review of Don DeLillo’s “The Silence” is quoted in the blurb pages of the new paperback edition, a special one that includes an essay by him at the end, “Man at the Window.” Essay’s closing line is trademark DeLillo sublime. @scribnerbooks @hyperallergic

@TheStrickland @_prezidente Excellent summation of the full scope of his tenure, and of how the 2025 stretch ultimately proved particularly indicative of a trajectory towards dismissal despite the sequential successes in the playoffs (quite luck-enhanced, as you point out) this time around. Great piece 💯🏆

Tom Thibodeau broke Leon Rose’s rules. @_prezidente’s latest: a top-down breakdown of why Tom Thibodeau’s exit wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment reflex, rather a culmination of Thibs’ slow departure from Leon’s vision… read below.

My review of @DrToddBoyd’s extraordinary and immersive new book for @phaidonpress “Rapper’s Deluxe” is up now on Art Spiel. artspiel.org/rappers-deluxe…

@GavinWoltjer Every syllable necessary and perfectly placed. Truly excellent book.

Favorite read of 2023

I wrote about a number of books I enjoyed reading this year. My picks comprise fiction, nonfiction, essays, art, architecture, critical theory, humor, and material history. Read my full piece on Art Spiel. artspiel.org/some-great-boo…

@WilliamCorwin Amazing archive there. Thanks for sharing!

Happy Birthday to me! I have uploaded 155 interviews from my interview show at The Clocktower. Sarah Lucas, Paul Anthony Smith, Carolee Schneemann, Everett Quinton, Tracey Emin. Artists, poets, critics, actors & singers. Tune in to the podcast on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6q28wjQHt…

@meghan_ Economia d’insonnia

heheh. theguardian.com/world/2023/oct… @postuccio "Vittorio Sgarbi, an undersecretary at the culture ministry, art critic and close friend of Berlusconi, said the compulsion for buying art sold through TV auctions began in earnest in 2018 as a result of “sleepless nights”."

@MarkAschParody Can’t wait!

@postuccio I liked it! 🏎️ 🏎️ 🏎️

FERRARI (Michael Mann, 2023) Unsurprising that this hero’s journey about a domineering visionary stepping over the bodies of his underlings to develop a gas-guzzling luxury product was funded by an authoritarian petrostate, via Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Foundation.

@MarkAschParody @intothecrevasse “Why did you leave out ‘Crash’ from the series, Mr. Asch?” “Because obviously. Next question.” “Days of Thunder?” “That’s on Wednesday, do your research.” “Talladega Nights?” “The ENTIRE next series is ‘Talladega Nights’. On loop, like a race track.” “ … ” “No more questions.”

@intothecrevasse screening of WEEKEND [Godard, 1967] will be a 4DX Experience (from inside the theater still being able to hear the skidding of brakes and a sickening thump as a car runs the light on 2nd and 2nd and hits a delivery scooter)

@meghan_ Nice ones! Tame, really, but nice.

@postuccio not a patch on yours!

@WilliamCorwin @artexplored_ @MuseumModernArt It was a great interview. Well done.

@postuccio @artexplored_ @MuseumModernArt Thank you @postuccio!

Here’s a recent audiocast I did with Associate Curator Samantha Friedman for an exciting new platform @artexplored_ on the recent #GeorgiaOkeeffe exhibition at @MuseumModernArt: artexplored.com/audiocasts/sam…

My Art Spiel review of Mag Gabbert’s poetry collection “Sex Depression Animals”, published by @ohiostatepress imprint Mad Creek Books. artspiel.org/questionable-r…

@TheLuisPanini @HorrorJeezus He dissociated himself from it for reasons I’m sure you’ve heard, but it’s great all the same. The dialogue is so recognizably his. Keaton and Downey Jr deliver it well.

@postuccio @HorrorJeezus Paul, I haven’t seen Game 6. I should. I think he’s an outstanding playwright and doesn’t get any credit for it. The ranking was a tough exercise, especially because he is an author with a brilliant output.

I spent the last 9 months reading the complete works of Don DeLillo. Here’s my PERSONAL ranking. Just because I placed a book in the middle or near the bottom of the pile doesn’t mean I didn’t like it. The man has authored one of the most solid bodies of work in American letters.

@TheLuisPanini @HorrorJeezus Thought the anecdote slid in well here. Thanks for the stack. I’ve also read ‘em all. Ranking them would probably require me to argue with myself and rerank them over and over. Plays and short stories as brilliant as the novels. (Btw, ever seen Game 6? Roots of Cosmopolis…)

@postuccio @HorrorJeezus BOSSES!

@TheLuisPanini @HorrorJeezus I’ve been fortunate to attend several DeLillo readings over the years. The first was a relatively small gathering at Princeton. During questions, someone posed the all-too-expected one, “Whose books do you read?” He zagged, replied instantly: “Read Cormac McCarthy.” Bosses, both.

@HorrorJeezus I need to do a McCarthy read through. Underworld is fantastic. I understand why so many people rank it as number one.

I was asked to pick out one artwork by each of the five artists in “Favorite Thing”, a group show at @AmosEnoGallery , and reflecting briefly on each piece. The artists are Don Voisine, Glenn Goldberg, Jim Condron, Jim Lee, and Chris Esposito. amoseno.org/single-post/no…

My review of Phaidon’s new book focusing on contemporary collage art, “Vitamin C+”, is up now on Art Spiel. @phaidonpress #phaidon #vitamincplus #more-16274" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">artspiel.org/collage-and-th…

@NBCSWarriors This has DrayBron Grames written all over it.

Draymond reportedly opted out of the final year of his contract Read more » bit.ly/448Tcoq

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