RECLAIMING DAVID FOSTER WALLACE FROM THE LIT-BROS

[Mark Kohut]

I sometimes pretend with younger intellectual snobs that I finished
it. But I must confess the truth to friends and
on the plist.

My "truth"?: Doesn't have the vision of Pynchon, Delillo, others.

On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 1:36 PM, Jacob Carey <aristotle114 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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