Tag Archives: David Foster Wallace

Cruel and Unusual Publishing

Posted on January 27, 2015 by rossmurray1

Originally posted on Bill Pearse:
I’ve been keeping a list of words I need to look up from David Foster Wallace’s 1996 Infinite Jest. Yesterday’s included erumpent, sedulously and egregulous — and sure enough, I got duped. Egregulous was made-up, and…

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Can I review it ’til I need glasses?

Posted on March 7, 2013 by rossmurray1

E.B. White was quite the clever fellow. Without him, that beloved wee style guide would be known as simply “Strunk,” which sounds like what happens if you drink too many shandies. Without E.B. White, we would have no Charlotte’s Web … Continue reading →

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Dirt-Lit

Posted on September 16, 2012 by rossmurray1

With the feud still simmering between Bret Easton Ellis and David Foster Wallace (which, granted, isn’t much of a feud given that one of the writers is dead), doesn’t it make you wish we had more literary gossip to sink … Continue reading →

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