Sunday, September 14, 2008

RIP DFW

4 comments:

J.J. said...

My newspaper writing was once called David Foster Wallace-ian by the bloggers. But that's because I once used endnotes as a gimmick, not because I'm capable of thinking (or writing) on more than one level at any given time.

Is it bad that I've never read Infinite Jest? I do have a copy at home. It's in the sun room, under a plant, brown and warped from watering. Perhaps I should read it.

J.J. said...

ALSO WILL ONE OR BOTH OF YOU PLEASE LIVEBLOG THE SHMEMMYS?

Alanna said...

It's a pretty major undertaking, obvs. Maybe check out his more easily digestible essays or short stories first? And definitely read the commencement speech he gave at Kenyon College:

http://www.marginalia.org/dfw_kenyon_commencement.html

J.J. said...

And what about the glorious Kathy Griffin winning her second straight Shmemmy?