Flipping through the dense pages of celebrated author David Foster Wallace, it’s easy to become intimidated, inspired, and maybe also completely lost. The self-conscious, world-aware writer’s towering achievements changed the landscape of the literary scene – but would such virtuoso talent stick to the screen in a meaningful way? Would his acutely attuned insight make the translatory leap from narrator to character? Let’s explain in terms of Wallace’s writing: perhaps the inimitable…
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A magazine reporter recounts his travels and conversations with author David Foster Wallace during a promotional book tour.
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