December 2011
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Forget White Christmas, It’s a Wonderful Life and all the other hackneyed trash....
– John Waters (1985)
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The Extraordinary Syllabus of David Foster Wallace →
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By: Katie Roiphe
Slate, Nov 23,2011
Like lots of other professors, I am just now sitting down to write the syllabus for a class next semester, and the extraordinary syllabuses of David Foster Wallace are in my head.
I am not generally into the reverential hush that seems to surround any mention of David Foster Wallace’s name by most writers of my generation or remotely...
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Is this Disneyland? Have I been marooned on my own personal “It’s A Small World”, Christmas-themed hellscape?
The world’s worst holiday ranchero music is BLASTING in this apartment building and I’m just trying to slog through the remainder of my conference work.
Someone bring me some earplugs and a bottle of whiskey, I beg of you.
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