Insidious Nostalgia: A Rare Interview with REYoung

In this episode, the hermetic writer REYoung and host George Salis discuss the “Ponzi scheme” of Dalkey Archive, Young’s experiences as a student of the wonderful novelist Paul West, the perpetuity of Christmas, the emptiness of branding, David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest and The Pale King, Latin American and Greek fiction, and much more.REYoung was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and currently resides in a limestone cave deep beneath the city of Austin, Texas. He is the author of six novels: Unbabbling (Dalkey Archive Press 1997), Margarito and the Snowman (Dalkey Archive Press 2016), Inflation (TageTage Press 2019), The Ironsmith: A Tale of Obsession, Compulsion and Delusion  (TageTage Press 2020), Zol (TageTage Press 2020) and Daaa … SnowBiz! (TageTage Press 2024). His website is here: https://www.reyoung-author.com/Support The Collidescope’s efforts via Patreon and get awesome benefits: https://www.patreon.com/TheCollidescopewww.TheCollidescope.comIntro/outro music: DJ GriffinLet us know your thoughts.Support the show