PASSWORDMANAGEMENT
October 2020
Professor Dylan Winchock
- What's your favorite book to read for fun?Richard Kadrey鈥檚 Sandman Slim
- What's your favorite book to teach?
Chris Abani鈥檚 Virgin of Flames
- Do you have a favorite film?
The Coen Brothers鈥 A Serious Man.
- How do you spend your free time?
Hiking! My favorites are Joshua Tree, Anza, Big Sur, Sequoia, King鈥檚 Canyon. I also really enjoy rock climbing and playing my bass guitar 鈥 both of which I do pretty poorly!
- What is your biggest literary inspiration?
Don DeLillo 鈥 he writes novels like a poet and effortlessly blends popular culture with high art. His depictions of city landscapes are incredible, especially in his masterpiece, Underworld.
- What's your cure for writer's block?
A change of scenery 鈥 anywhere, even if just for a few hours; though I would prefer a couple nights in Joshua Tree.
- What are you working on outside of class?I鈥檓 currently writing about the Gothic 鈥渦nderground鈥 depicted in Jeff Vandermeer鈥檚 Southern Reach Trilogy. I am also working on a long-term project about the experience of time in literature.
- Fun Fact:My favorite album is The Black Angel's, Phosphene Dream