I’m working on an essay on responses to 9/11 by Generation X authors (b. 1960-1980). For Frederic Beigbeder, Jess Walter, and Claire Messud, trauma is not an effective paradigm for thinking about the events of that day. Television is. In different ways, each images 9/11 as a rerun, a replay, a repeat. What are the implications for history and…[Read more]