William T Vollmann Central discussion

I've made comment in the past that the DFW academic=mill is in high gear -- criticisms, studies, dissertations, probably DFW courses, ETC. In my never humble opinion, I think the DFW mill is operating at the expense of a potentially very fruitful WTV=mill. Here's a thread to provide for links and resources to specifically academic treatment of WTV's work.

Note :: MOST links and such will belong in that other resource thread. This one for dissertations, etc. So how long will it remain mostly an empty thread?

A few items quickly dug=up ::

A cheap bibliography ::
http://www.paperbackswap.com/William-...

Three entries under "Thesis and Dissertations" ;;
--Anderson, Allen S. William T. Vollmann: An Annotated Bibliography. San Diego State University, 1996. [the worldcat entry :: http://www.worldcat.org/title/william...]
--Soloff, Edward. Transformations in "Seven Dreams: a book of North American Landscapes" by William T. Vollmann University of New York at Stony Brook, 1999.
--Lybarger, Jeremy. Black & White: The Violent Humor of William T. Vollmann's The Rainbow Stories. New York University, 2008.



The WTV archive at Ohio State University, materials from 1998-2005 :: http://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/r...



And here's a curious thing ; in regards to WTV's journalism ::

"Outrider: William T Vollmann, Tony Tanner, and the Private Extremes of an Anti-Journalism" by Matthew Thomson, U of New South Wales
pdf:: http://www.ialjs.org/wp-content/uploa...

Yes, not to forget Michael Hemmingson's bibliography from 2011 :: William T. Vollmann: An Annotated Bibliography.

Oh nice thanks so much. The archivist in me is thrilled by those Ohio State holdings...

Update on the Ohio State University archive holdings of the Vollmann stuff ::

There are actually two sets of archives, two web=pages of stuff ::

The first one, acquired between 1992 and 2001 contains 49 boxes, spanning the years 1980-2000 :: http://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/r...

The second one, acquired 2005-6 contains 46 boxes, spanning the years 1977-2007 :: http://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/r...

Nathan "N.R." wrote: "Yes, not to forget Michael Hemmingson's bibliography from 2011 :: William T. Vollmann: An Annotated Bibliography."

I've got a brief review of the Hemmingson's bibliography :: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

My biggest gripe is that he doesn't catalog reviews of Vollmann's books ;; exhaustive cataloging would be exhausting, but selective selecting of select reviews would be illuminating -- until the pen-men/women at universities get their pens vollmann-direct'd, MOST of the intelligent conversation about Vollmann's books has been taking place in reviews and such ;; for example, this long piece by goodsreader Jeff Bursey :: http://www.electronicbookreview.com/t... :: is one of the longer things written about Vollmann, and but it still looks like a book review.

Nathan (and others), here's a link that may be helpful:

https://bu.digication.com/ccoffman/Vo...

It's about a collection of essays on WV, and the table of contents is there. Franzen is in it. Damn it. :~]

Jeff wrote: "Nathan (and others), here's a link that may be helpful:
https://bu.digication.com/ccoffman/Vo...
"

OH. That's good. Thanks. This kind of thing is (long over-?) due.

Jeff wrote: "Nathan (and others), here's a link that may be helpful:

https://bu.digication.com/ccoffman/Vo...

It's about a collection of essays on WV, and the table of contents is there. Franzen..."

This looks amazing

Hemmingson bibliography correction ::

B86, entry for "no matter how beautiful it stings" [lowercase] has the incorrect pagination ; the story is on page 216-226 (not pages 213-298). It should be noted that it appears to be an excerpt from his How You Are novel-in-progress.

Jeff wrote: "Nathan (and others), here's a link that may be helpful:

https://bu.digication.com/ccoffman/Vo...

It's about a collection of essays on WV, and the table of contents is there. Franzen..."

JAMES FRANCO?????????

Jonathan wrote: "It's about a collection of essays on WV, and the table of contents is there. Franzen..."

JAMES FRANCO????????? "

Apparently he's a phd candidate ::
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fr...

Now I don't remember which, but I saw him on a video on some author page just yesterday. He's got a piece in The Speed Chronicles which maybe now I should/might read.

Call for papers:

http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/...

Bright and Risen Failures: The Writing of William T. Vollmann (Abstract Deadline: September 30, 2014; Conference: April 30-May)
full name / name of organization:
Dr. Patrick F. Walter - State University of New York at Buffalo
contact email:
pfwalter@buffalo.edu
We seek proposals for an approved panel for the 2015 NEMLA conference in Toronto.

This panel is devoted to the work of William T. Vollmann. The sheer quantity and diversity of Vollmann’s work have established him as an important voice in contemporary letters but have also rendered him an intimidating and elusive figure for readers. Providing both an introduction to Vollmann for novices and rigorous scholarship for aficionados, this panel will assess Vollmann’s place within American and global literatures. Please submit 300-500 word proposals through the NEMLA website.

Link to session submission: https://nemla.org/convention/2015/cfp...

Areas: American; Culture and Media Studies

Session ID: 15077

Session Format: Panel

Jonathan wrote: "Call for papers:

http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/...

Bright and Risen Failures: The Writing of William T. Vollmann (Abstract Deadline: September 30, 2014; Conference: April 30-May)
f..."

Jonathan, thanks so much for this. I'm going to try to submit something, see what happens.

Vollmanniac Jeff Bursey has an essay on Bill in his forthcoming book, Centring the Margins: Essays and Reviews called "William T. Vollmann "'A realm forever beyond reach': Steinbeck and Solzhenitsyn as presences in William Vollmann's Expelled from Eden and Poor People".

Oh hey I've read that essay it's fantastic

A Sense of Inexhaustibility
A Colloquium on William T. Vollmann

Participants:
Robert Chodat - Boston University
Christopher K. Coffman - Boston University
Priscilla Juvelis - Priscilla Juvelis Rare Books
Daniel Lukes - Indiana University-Bloomington
Bryan Santin - University of Notre Dame
Michael K. Walonen - St. Peter’s University

Panel discussion followed by reception. Free and open to the public.


OCTOBER 7 at 3:00 p.m.
Katzenberg Center
BU College of General Studies
871 Commonwealth Avenue
Sponsored by the BU Center for the Humanities and
the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning


https://www.bu.edu/cgs/calendar/?eid=...
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...

Very cool to hear about this. Thanks!

Daniel wrote: "A Sense of Inexhaustibility
A Colloquium on William T. Vollmann

Participants:
Robert Chodat - Boston University
Christopher K. Coffman - Boston University
Priscilla Juvelis - Priscilla Juvelis Rar..."
Would it be too much to hope that the event would be shot on video and made available online???

Good question. I will ask and find out.

Here's the FB event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/89536...

Just a reminder of this for anyone in the Boston area this Friday afternoon ::
""A Sense of Inexhaustibility": A Colloquium on William T. Vollmann" at Boston University.

https://www.bu.edu/cgs/calendar/?eid=...

Some photos from the exhibit they did for the Boston colloquium: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...

I've found the one Chinese-language book on Vollmann:

威廉.沃尔曼研究:后现代语境中的越界主题
Weilian Woerman Yanjiu: Houxiandai yujing zhong de yuezhe zhuti

http://baike.sogou.com/v85049080.htm

A Study of William T. Vollmann: Transgression in the Post-Modern Context: by Cheng Qian, published by Xiamen University press.

I've found no translations of Vollmann into Chinese, meaning this author would have had to read the English original.

Hadrian wrote: "I've found no translations of Vollmann into Chinese, meaning this author would have had to read the English original."

Just recently there's :: 窮人 ; Chinese?

And please keep us posted if anything on the translation front of Cheng Qian's work eventuates.

Yup, that's him. Translated into Traditional Chinese, meaning publication in Taiwan, I'm guessing.

The translator is Xu Lisong, who has also translated Paul Theroux and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

There's going to be a book launch party / reading event for "Conversations with William T. Vollmann" (University Press of Mississippi, 2020) at Unnameable Books in Brooklyn on 2/8/20. The theme of the event is “William T. Vollmann Changed My Life” and it will involve a line-up of speakers talking about the effect Vollmann's writing has had on them. All are welcome! If you'd like to be a speaker, drop me a line at daniel.lukes@gmail.com and see the FB event page for more details.

https://www.facebook.com/events/74727...

http://unnameablebooks.blogspot.com

https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/...

Daniel wrote: "There's going to be a book launch party / reading event for "Conversations with William T. Vollmann" (University Press of Mississippi, 2020) at Unnameable Books in Brooklyn on 2/8/20. The theme of ..."

Damn, very cool. I'll see you there

so apparently "Conversations with William T. Vollmann" is out today: go buy it and/or get your library to order a copy. Thanks!
https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-...

non-amazon way of buying it:
https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/...

Daniel wrote: "so apparently "Conversations with William T. Vollmann" is out today: go buy it and/or get your library to order a copy. Thanks!
https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-......"

Just got the alert that my copy will be here by 9PM!

Daniel wrote: "so apparently "Conversations with William T. Vollmann" is out today: go buy it and/or get your library to order a copy. Thanks!
https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-......"

Good to hear. amazon is doing weird stuff with release dates recently. Looking forward to this. Vollmann interviews are always of the highest interest.

last call for New Yorkers on the fence - come to this tonight and hang out with some Vollmanniacs!

https://www.facebook.com/events/74727...

http://unnameablebooks.blogspot.com/