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Latest David Foster Wallace Articles

Why Free Cruises Aren’t Worth the Cost

Why Free Cruises Aren’t Worth the Cost

Michael Malice Michael Malice
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My big concern was that going on a cruise would be like going to Vegas, except on water instead of in a desert.

22 David Foster Wallace Quotes That Will Inspire You To Read Everything He’s Ever Written

22 David Foster Wallace Quotes That Will Inspire You To Read Everything He’s Ever Written

Ari Eastman Ari Eastman
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“We’re all lonely for something we don’t know we’re lonely for. How else to explain the curious feeling that goes around feeling like missing somebody we’ve never even met?”

How Are We To Understand The Shadowy Phenomenon Of Suicide?

How Are We To Understand The Shadowy Phenomenon Of Suicide?

Simon Critchley Simon Critchley
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In May 2013, I organized a suicide note creative writing workshop.

40 Dark And Haunting Quotes About Mental Illness

40 Dark And Haunting Quotes About Mental Illness

Lorenzo Jensen III
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“A nightmare has taken hold of my body. Lunacy has dug its way inside my mind.”

Watch Jason Segel As David Foster Wallace In The First Trailer For “The End Of The Tour”

Watch Jason Segel As David Foster Wallace In The First Trailer For “The End Of The Tour”

Koty Neelis Koty Neelis
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The film stars Jason Segel as Wallace and Jesse Eisenberg as David Lipsky – the journalist who went on a roadtrip with the author and chronicled their time together.

That One Time I Cried For 10 Years

That One Time I Cried For 10 Years

Kelley Davidson Kelley Davidson
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I’m a writer, and I don’t want to be miserable.

10 Quotes That Capture The Human Experience

10 Quotes That Capture The Human Experience

Shannon McKeown Shannon McKeown
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“Life is short but it is wide. This too shall pass.”

What David Foster Wallace Got Wrong About Water

What David Foster Wallace Got Wrong About Water

Alex Birkett Alex Birkett
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What he said was, “this is water.” But he should have added: “there’s always more.”

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