Review: David Foster Wallace novella on 'Paying Attention' - Los Angeles Times
A fine piece of the late author's novel "The Pale King" is republished. But "Something to Do With Paying Attention" doesn't touch DFW's greatness.
A fine piece of the late author's novel The Pale King is republished. But Something to Do With Paying Attention doesn't touch DFW's greatness.
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David Foster Wallace's importance of being earnest: Irony, Generation X and the sheer joy of language
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David Foster Wallace: Defining voice of depression?
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David Foster Wallace - Wikipedia
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Consider the Lobster and Other Essays: Wallace, David Foster: 9780316013321: : Books
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Too Much and Too Little: A History of David Foster Wallace's “The Pale King”
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David Foster Wallace's Struggle to Surpass “Infinite Jest”
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David Foster Wallace – Deciderization 2007 – A Special Report – West Pacific Review
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Intertextuality in David Foster Wallace's Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way and John Barth's Lost in the Funhouse - GRIN
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Consider the Lobster and Other Essays: Wallace, David Foster: 9780316013321: : Books
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Review: Adrienne Celt's time-loop 'End of the World House' - Los Angeles Times