Articles tagged "infinite jest"

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Infinite Flameout

by Rob Horning

[28.Jul.09] :. I really wanted to get with the zeitgeist and read David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest this summer. But at page 236, in the middle of a unparagraphed stream-of-consciousness passage...

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Books Feature

This is Water: Remembering David Foster Wallace

by Chris Osmond and Will Layman

[18.Sep.08] :. Nicholson Baker. Bill Murray. Mark Leyner. David Byrne. Steve Martin. The Coen Brothers. And in the middle of it all, David Foster Wallace.

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20 Questions Feature

Rhett Miller of the Old 97’s

by PopMatters Staff

[16.Jun.08] :. Rhett Miller, lead vocalist of the Old 97's, chats with PopMatters' 20 Questions about fantasy football, his affinity for the protagonist in Wallace's Infinite Jest, and this neat little trick he does with spoons.

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Column: South Meridian

The Resilient Works of Roberto Bolaño: Raccoon-Resistant, Water Resistant, Immortal

by Marcelo Ballvé

[3.May.07] :. Roberto Bolaño's Los Detectives Salvajes, like so many good works, traverses time, language, cultures, and survives a bit battered, but little worse for the wear.

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