A Thomas Pynchon Perspective: Oyster Bay’s Literary Son

Award-winning author Scott Borchert, Boris Kachka, senior editor at The Atlantic, and David Kipen, critic-at-large for the Los Angeles Times, celebrate Oyster Bay’s own Thomas Pynchon. Many consider Pynchon the greatest American writer since F. Scott Fitzgerald, another defining voice of Long Island’s North Shore. This panel examines Pynchon’s work and impact on American literature while reflecting on the local roots of one of the most enigmatic and celebrated writers working today.