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The Decemberists' Amazing Tribute To David Foster Wallace
In their new video for “Calamity Song,” The Decemberists envision how Eschaton — the awesome apocalyptic tennis game from “Infinite Jest” — might work. For fans of: The Decemberists, David Foster...
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Did David Foster Wallace Ruin The Internet?
DFW would often use a mixture of colloquialism and disclaimer to adopt a posture that deflects any negative response by appearing to anticipate it. Sound familiar? Read More On nytimes.com ›
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David Foster Wallace's Hilarious Letter To His College Newspaper
David Foster Wallace, author of “Infinite Jest,” would have turned 50 today. To celebrate his birthday, here’s the letter he wrote to the Amherst College newspaper in response to a jerk who thought it...
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Infinite Jest, The Map
Infinite Atlas is an interactive atlas by artist William Beutler that maps all the locations mentioned in David Foster Wallace’s epic, Infinite Jest. This is an extension of an earlier project,...
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What Millennials Watch On YouTube Depends On Where They Live
Common themes: Zombies, David Foster Wallace, a high school teacher, and Wisconsin. Sounds about right. YouTube introduced its Trends Map this week, and this is what we learned: The most popular video...
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The 25 Most Challenging Books You Will Ever Read
If you’ve made it all the way through any of these, give yourself a pat on the back. Bonus points if you actually understood what you were reading. Finnegans Wake by James Joyce (1939) What makes it...
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27 Broiest Books That Bros Like To Read
What will you find on a hilariously overconfident dude’s bookshelf? Note: There are many types of bros: pick-up artist bros, Wall Street bros, Silicon Valley bros, nice bros, mean bros, and that bro...
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15 Zadie Smith Quotes And Essays That Will Rock Your Life
Vote Zadie for best public intellectual. You may know Zadie Smith as the virtuosic author of NW and White Teeth. Via Kevin TS Tang And the bravura reviewer of 50 Cent. The best thing you can do is...
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17 Personal Essays That Will Change Your Life
Think essays are just something boring you write for class? These masterpieces will make you totally reconsider. ecx.images-amazon.com flavorwire.com View Entire List ›
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20 Books That Are Almost Impossible To Adapt
But that hasn’t stopped people from trying. With As I Lay Dying in theaters and Griffin & Sabine in development, let’s take a look at 20 seemingly unfilmable books. 100 Years of Solitude by...
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What Did Someone Else Accomplish At Your Age?
Just remember, life is not a race. It only feels that way. This post only covers accomplishments by people between 18 and 34 — because if you're still a minor, you shouldn't feel like you should've...
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14 Fantastic Stories From The New Yorker Archive You Should Read This Summer
The New Yorker has made all of its archives going back to 2007 available online until the end of this summer. Here are the best New Yorker fiction pieces from the past seven years that you can read...
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29 Short Stories You Need To Read In Your Twenties
Because good things come in small packages. Chris Ritter / BuzzFeed Leonardo Cendamo Riverhead View Entire List ›
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One Writer Is Creating Her Own Poetry By Erasing Words From Pages Of...
“Some poems are direct responses to Wallace’s life and work; others are instances in which I find myself in.” Jenni B. Baker is creating her own poetry by erasing words from pages of David Foster...
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This Is What Happens When You Read "Infinite Jest" For The First Time
Raise your hand if you’ve ever been personally victimized by David Foster Wallace? You feel like such a hipster whenever you see the book taking up a ton of space on your bookshelf. Fox / Via...
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Two Sundance Premieres Feature Someone Who'd Hate Having A Movie Made About Them
Jason Segel’s great as David Foster Wallace in The End of the Tour. But the film raises questions about how we portray real people on screen. Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Segel in The End of the Tour...
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Which Book Should You Date?
It was love at first write. Jarry Lee / BuzzFeed / Thinkstock
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12 Bleak Photos Left Behind On A Cruise Ship In The 90s
A supposedly fun thing this photographer will apparently do again. Photographer Ian Hughes has a collection of unsold pictures he picked up on cruise ships he worked on in the early 1990s. He calls...
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Infinite Rivalry: Jonathan Franzen and David Foster Wallace's Complicated Legacy
Purity and The End of the Tour point toward an imbalanced relationship between two of our generation’s greatest male novelists. Will Varner / BuzzFeed In March of 1997, David Foster Wallace appeared...
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16 Hilarious Literary Valentine's Day Cards
The sun’s not the only thing that rises, if you know what I mean. Jarry Lee / BuzzFeed Jarry Lee / BuzzFeed Jarry Lee / BuzzFeed Jarry Lee / BuzzFeed View Entire List ›
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'Brief Interviews with Hideous Men' Preview
The LA Times has a clip of John Krasinski’s David Foster Wallace adaptation. Read More On theenvelope.latimes.com ›
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Words I Learned From Reading David Foster Wallace
A blog dedicated to the esoteric vocabulary used in David Foster Wallace’s books. Read More On dfwwords.wordpress.com ›
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The Pale King
Two hundred pages of an unfinished novel were found on the late David Foster Wallace’s desk. The Best Links: Accompanying New Yorker Profile Wiggle Room, by David Foster Wallace Unfinished novel to be...
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David Foster Wallace Grammar Challenge!
Hey, you know what’s fun? Grammar. Read More On htmlgiant.com ›
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David Foster Wallace Short Story
In this week’s issue, the New Yorker’s running “All That,” a short story excerpted from DFW’s forthcoming posthumous book, “The Pale King.” Read More On newyorker.com ›
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David Foster Wallace, "Viking Poem"
Childhood writings of a tragic genius. Stay away from Vikings, y’all. Miss ya’, DFW.
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David Foster Wallace's 'Pale King' Out April 15
David Foster Wallace’s posthumous novel about an IRS return-processing center will fittingly be released on Tax Day.
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The First Real David Foster Wallace Documentary
Comes wrapped in a bandanna. Read More On flavorwire.com ›
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David Foster Wallace Interview Outtakes
He was so cute and nerdy. Read More On videogum.com ›
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David Foster Wallace's Wonderful Interview About Perfectionism And Ambition
“Perfectionism is very dangerous, because of course if your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.” In this previously unaired clip, David Foster Wallace reflects on the dangers...
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9 Phone Wallpapers That Will Motivate You When You're Feeling Lost
For those times you need something to remind you that everything will be okay. "When they go low, we go high." Michelle Obama's speech at this year's Democratic National Convention wasn't just about...
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