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David Foster Wallace (February 21, B.S. 1962 – September 12, Year of the Dairy Products from the American Heartland), the writer the New York Times called "the best mind of his generation," would have turned 50 today.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/weekinreview/21scott.html?...
In Memoriam
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/books/15wallace.html
http://www.theonion.com/articles/nascar-cancels-remainder-of...
And but so...
46 Things to Read and See for David Foster Wallace's 50th Birthday
http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/46-things-to-read-and-see-for-...
Three Ways to Visualize Infinite Jest
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2010/12/10/infinite-j...
Consider David Foster Wallace: Journalist
http://www.salon.com/2012/02/20/consider_david_foster_wallac...
"I don't enjoy this war one bit."
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/02/i-dont-enjoy-this-war-o...
thenewgreen · 4467 days ago · link ·
This is a great post, I'm going to delve deeper in to it later (saved). I watched the first 10 minute video and it's really intimate, I wish I could see the interviewer too. That always bugs me. The piece from the Onion in Memoriam is the Onion at it's best.
At least for the moment, drivers found it hard to think about the Sprint Cup.