1.0MPress/mpressUnderstanding the Presentrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Q7zIkgU6gs"><a href="/mpress/understanding-the-present/">Understanding the Present</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/mpress/understanding-the-present/embed/#?secret=Q7zIkgU6gs" width="600" height="338" title="“Understanding the Present” — MPress" data-secret="Q7zIkgU6gs" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=/mpress/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> /mpress/wp-content/uploads/sites/64/2023/06/23-MV-31592-Mpress_Images-Magazine-Fall2022-pg.19-800x340-R1.jpg800340Professor Jesse Kavadlo, a world-renowned scholar of American novelist Don DeLillo, shares DeLillo’s works with Maryville students and recently published a book about the author with the prestigious Cambridge University Press. Jesse Kavadlo, PhD, tells his literature students at Maryville that Don DeLillo may be the most famous writer they’ve never heard of. With his […]