Critical Reception #ThursdayswithDFW – Episode 113



The long-awaited critical reception episode. Enjoy, and be well!

Sources:

1993 Larry McCaffery interview: https://www.dalkeyarchive.com/a-conversation-with-david-foster-wallace-by-larry-mccaffery/

New Yorker Article: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/beyond-infinite-jest

The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/feb/15/infinite-jest-at-20-still-a-challenge-still-brilliant-emma-lee-moss

The Atlantic, 1996 Issue: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1996/02/the-alchemists-retort/376533/

Post-Postmodernism by Nealon: https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=21791

Prolific Writers, Episode 72: https://didionandhawthorne.blubrry.net/2019/12/08/prolific-writers-episode-72/

Open Survey: https://forms.gle/zSV7uQexiUk8SWfR8

What book is this?  https://www.relevanceofliterature.com/infinite-jest

Terminology for this chapter: https://www.relevanceofliterature.com/infinite-jest-1

About DFW: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/03/09/the-unfinished

.pdf of the Novel (page numbers different): https://raisuman123.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/david-foster-wallace-infinite-jest-v2-0.pdf

Comments or questions? Leave them here: www.relevanceofliterature.com/reading-lists/comments-and-questions-for-infinite-jest-1

Music by: Chad Crouch

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