Grammar challenge from David Foster Wallace
lying for a living (Free subscription) | yesterday
Amy McDaniel posts a grammar worksheet from a non-fiction seminar given by David Foster Wallace. And it’s got some toughies. (Via GalleyCat.)
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The New Canon: Oblivion by David Foster Wallace
Blogcritics: Books (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Those intimidated by David Foster Wallace's 1,100-page novel Infinite Jest, may find easier access to this author via these stories. David Foster Wallace - Infinite Jest - Arts - United States - History
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David Foster Wallace Grammar Exercise
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Today the literary folks at HTML Giant launched an informal grammar contest based on David Foster Wallace 's work-- publishing an actual worksheet from a nonfiction workshop taught by the obsessive author. Here's an excerpt from the post: "What follows is the complete text of a worksheet from his class ... I'll post the answers once it seems as if nobody is trying anymore. Don't...
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Uptown Literati x Clutch Weekly Reading Recommendation 12.4.09
Clutch Magazine (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Who: American literary novelist and essayist David Foster Wallace A girl’s got to read, this all Clutchettes know. So, to help… This is a content summary only. Visit http://clutchmagonline.com for the full text version! xoxo, Clutch
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Smile Though Your Heart Is Breaking Lyrics
Tea time news around the world (Free subscription) | yesterday
Smile though your heart is breaking Song Lyrics The Michael Jackson’s favorite song “Smile though your heart” is recorded in 1997. The song’s music was composed by Charlie Chaplin in movie Modern Times and lyrics written by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons. The song was produced by king of pop Michael Jackson and David Foster. In [...]
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Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?
Ray in New Orleans (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
I read David Foster Wallace's short story "Incarnations of Burned Children" after reading about it in a blog entry (I think) by brilliant short story writer Kevin Wilson. Wallace was clearly insanely talented and this story is one of those...
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take a little time
the torture garden (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... the gorgeous music by tUnE-YaRdS, Bodies of Water, and the E.L.F., and short stories by folks like David Foster Wallace, Douglas Coupland and me. Yep, me. This issue is an atlas, with songs, stories and illustrations based on the countries of the world, and some other places too. Jana Hunter has a nice song about Morocco, and I have a nice story about both Ireland and Germany. You...
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Derek Jeter: Sportsman of the Year
Lawyers, Guns and Money (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... which named Woods Sportsman of the Year. Another excellent essay on the subject in general is David Foster Wallace's portrait of Michael Joyce , an obscure professional tennis player). Of course the highest levels of achievement always require those who achieve them to have certain admirable qualities, such as a willingness to work extremely hard in the pursuit of initially distant...
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"Open" confirms that "image is everything" - Agassi really is as meatheaded as he appears
Gheorghe: The Blog (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... Kramer, supplanting Sampras, not better than Laver or Federer but mentioned in the same breath. David Foster Wallace wrote the single best piece of sports writing ever in which he described Federer's transcendent game, better than Updike's piece about a lyric little bandbox . You should read it , and the footnotes . While you're at it, read Brief Interviews With Hideous Men ; forgo...