Jesse Kavadlo Author & Editor

Jesse Kavadlo is professor of English at Maryville University. He is president of the Don DeLillo Society and author of Don DeLillo: Balance at the Edge of Belief (2003). Bob Batchelor is James Pedas Professor of Communication and executive director of the James Pedas Communication Center at Thiel College. He is the author or editor of more than twenty books, including John Updike: A Critical Biography (2013) and Gatsby: A Cultural History of the Great American Novel (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013). He is founding editor of the Popular Culture Studies Journal and editor of the Contemporary American Literature series published by Rowman & Littlefield.