Talk:Don DeLillo

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Photo?

Where's a picture of DeLillo? He's one of America's finest authors and most provocative thinkers. You need one for Philip Roth too. These are major figures in American literature.

Italian-American

It seems very odd that almost half his biography is devoted to the fact that his being Italian-American seems to have no relevance to his work. Nareek 06:07, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't dug through the history of the article, but my guess is it's the aftermath of a minor edit war about whether or not he should be identified as Italian-American, and is therefore an example of an article being written for the people editing it rather than for the people who will be reading it -- one of my very worst pet peeves on Wikipedia, and the biggest reason for Wikipedia not living up to its potential. MrBook 18:17, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bibliography in order

Should it not list in descending order of date? Skinnyweed 23:58, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Nareek 00:50, 10 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Categories?

Why in the world is DeLillo listed in the Organized Crime Writers category? That makes no sense. He is not Mario Puzo or Peter Maas. When organized crime appears in DeLillo's work (which, granted, it does), it is only as part of a larger tapestry of life in the United States in the latter half of the 20th century. It is never the central topic of a novel, nor is it (like the afforementioned Puzo) the central concern of his writing career. --Charles 18:02, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Magnum Opus?

Can a non-opinionated encyclopedic resource call an authors work his "magnum opus"? Others of Delillos books could be just as deserving of the title as Underworld...