RECLAIMING DAVID FOSTER WALLACE FROM THE LIT-BROS

[Jemmy Bloocher]

A point well made though Danny.
On 20 Aug 2015 17:38, "Danny Weltman" <danny.weltman at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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