October 2020

Professor Dylan Winchock

• What's your favorite book to read for fun?
  Richard Kadrey’s Sandman Slim
• What's your favorite book to teach?

  Chris Abani’s Virgin of Flames

• Do you have a favorite film?

  The Coen Brothers’ A Serious Man.

• How do you spend your free time?

  Hiking! My favorites are Joshua Tree, Anza, Big Sur, Sequoia, King’s Canyon. I also really enjoy rock climbing and playing my bass guitar – both of which I do pretty poorly!

• What is your biggest literary inspiration?

  Don DeLillo – 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 – 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’m currently writing about the Gothic “underground” depicted in Jeff Vandermeer’s 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