RECLAIMING DAVID FOSTER WALLACE FROM THE LIT-BROS

[Danny Weltman]

I read it and hated it with a burning passion. It's as if someone read
Pynchon and said "these books would be better if they were basically only
about white men, and anyone who isn't white should probably be a racist
caricature. Oh, and footnotes - that is what Pynchon is missing. Lots of
footnotes. That'll really kick the postmodernism up a notch."

On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Jacob Carey <aristotle114 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I read it, I didn't know that people lied about it. So weird.
>
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have read Infinite Jest. I once mentioned this in passing to my
>> girlfriend, who instantly accused me of "posturing".
>>
>> THIS IS A GAME NOBODY CAN WIN.
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, August 20, 2015, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> HAS ANYONE ACTUALLY READ INFINITE JEST?
>>>
>>> http://lithub.com/reclaiming-david-foster-wallace-from-the-lit-bros/
>>>
>>> Why Literary Chauvinists Love David Foster Wallace
>>>
>>>
>>> http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/08/david-foster-wallace-beloved-author-of-bros.html
>>> -
>>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>>>
>>
>
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