I’ve been woefully negligent as a blogger (and, I should say, as a fiction writer), too busy putting the finishing touches on my dissertation to do much else. My primary chapters are all done, and my introduction and conclusion are mostly written. Two-three more days — finishing the intro and conclusion and doing a global […]
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The Broom of the System
3 Nov, 2007 in David Foster Wallace, dissertation, hipster chapter, Infinite Jest, person chapter, Pop Apocalypse, postirony, The Broom of the SystemI finished reading David Foster Wallace’s The Broom of the System today (for the first time), part of my preparation to write the Person Chapter of the diss. The writing of the Hipster Chapter also continues, less apace than I’d prefer, but still. I’m reading a fantastic history of the hugely-important literary journal Kenyon Review […]
The Broom of the System
3 Nov, 2007 in David Foster Wallace, dissertation, hipster chapter, Infinite Jest, person chapter, Pop Apocalypse, postirony, The Broom of the SystemI finished reading David Foster Wallace’s The Broom of the System today (for the first time), part of my preparation to write the Person Chapter of the diss. The writing of the Hipster Chapter also continues, less apace than I’d prefer, but still. I’m reading a fantastic history of the hugely-important literary journal Kenyon Review […]