RECLAIMING DAVID FOSTER WALLACE FROM THE LIT-BROS

[Jacob Carey]

Weird that people lie about reading it, I knew it was kind of popular, but
not enough so to lie about it. Something like Moby Dick or some other such
classic seems like something to lie about.

On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 12:37 PM, jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
wrote:

> What's weird about it?
>
> 2015-08-20 18:24 GMT+02:00 Jacob Carey <aristotle114 at gmail.com>:
>
>> 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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