This 1996 novel is infamous for its length and complex narrative structure, while being critically lauded for its themes and style. We discuss how Wallace approached the project, while grappling with revelations about how he treated women both on-and-off the page.
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- Men Recommend David Foster Wallace to Me
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- Reading from the “Blind-spots”
- A Short Meditation on the Whiteness of David Foster Wallace’s Writing
- Thinking About David Foster Wallace, Misogyny and Scholarship
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- An Interview with Michael Schur
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This comic book project stitches together the most important moments from decades (and thousands of pages) of X-Men comics. We talk to cartoonist Ed Piskor about his production process, the comics market and the relevance of the X-Men’s themes in the present day.
