My Sam Johnson
Wayne talks about the bio he's written about 18th-century English writer Samuel Johnson, My Sam Johnson: A Biography for General Readers, published in fall 2023. More info at MySamJohnson.com.
My Sam Johnson
Sam Johnson: Rambler, Adventurer, Idler
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Wayne Jones
Wayne talks about style and tone and how they are different in the three periodicals that Sam wrote: the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler. He also calls on some modern examples of literature, writing, and film to bolster the point about the importance of style, notably "On Good People and Bad People" by Matt Taibbi; Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov; Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger; the book and film versions of American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis; and the film Calm Like a Bomb, directed by Mauro Russo Rouge.