Forget its reputation as a performative read for a certain breed of intense young man, thirty years after its publication, David Foster Wallace’s epic novel still delivers, says the Crying in H Mart ...
This essay and interview appear in this week’s The Book Pages newsletter. For more information and book coverage, sign up for the free newsletter. Years ago, I taught English as a Second Language at a ...
David Foster Wallace, the late author of ‘Infinite Jest’, a book that’s many contradictory things: self-aware and indulgent, thoughtful and ostentatious, sentimental and nasty, deeply personal and ...
Thirty years ago, David Foster Wallace published a book so long it’s still happening. By NS Podcasts Thirty years ago, David Foster Wallace published Infinite Jest – a novel so sprawling, so formally ...
I thought I had lost them. For decades, I kept eight letters, a postcard and a holiday card from David Foster Wallace tucked in my copy of “Infinite Jest.” The missives traveled with me from my ...
A few stanzas from the end of Chaucer’s long poem “Troilus and Criseyde,” the author interrupts his story to indulge in a bit of reception anxiety. “Go, litel book,” he bids the manuscript that’s soon ...
Julian Murphet does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
Despite many worthy contenders, React remains the most popular front-end framework, and a key player in the JavaScript development landscape. React is the quintessential reactive engine, continually ...
Joe Grantham is a contributor from the UK with a degree in Classical Studies. His love for gaming is only rivaled by a deep passion for medieval history, which often seeps into his articles. With over ...
A new 30th anniversary edition of Infinite Jest is on the way, and it features a foreword from Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner. Although nothing has yet been confirmed yet, the new edition has ...
Git isn’t hard to learn. Moreover, with a Git GUI such as Atlassian’s Sourcetree, and a SaaS code repository such as Bitbucket, mastery of the industry’s most powerful version control tools is within ...