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The Broom of the System

in David Foster Wallace, dissertation, hipster chapter, Infinite Jest, person chapter, Pop Apocalypse, postirony, The Broom of the System

I 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

in David Foster Wallace, dissertation, hipster chapter, Infinite Jest, person chapter, Pop Apocalypse, postirony, The Broom of the System

I 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 […]