Tag: David Foster Wallace
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The perks of being a blocked writer
Okay, in my last post, I alluded to being stuck between two places writing-wise, and I didn’t get into that. So, now I will. But of course, I’ll go off on another tangent first. I saw the movie The Perks of Being a Wallflower this weekend, mostly because I heard Cloud Atlas was a disaster. I…
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Re-reading Infinite Jest, part 2 of 863
So I’m now just shy of 300 pages into my re-read of Infinite Jest, which is just over 25% of the way through according to the Kindle, although I think it’s closer to 1/3 done when you consider the last hundred-some pages are all endnotes. Here are more random observations as I continue: I think…
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Re-reading Infinite Jest, part 1 of ?
Okay, I gave in and started re-reading Infinite Jest the other night. I’m 8% finished as of last night, which is roughly like running the first two miles of a marathon. It’s enough that I’m getting some momentum, but so little that I feel like it could take me a while. I dug through my…
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Things I Remember About Infinite Jest
I first heard about David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest from the 1996 profile in Details. (I used to subscribe to Details for some reason; I’m not sure why.) I didn’t have a TV then, so of course I ran to the bookstore, bought the hardcover, and forced myself to read at least 50 pages a day over…