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September 03, 2012

Against irony: the Film Doctor's one sentence review of D.T. Max's Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace

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David Foster Wallace, The Pale King, and the information society

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David Foster Wallace on identity, entertainment, and Tarantino: quotes from Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself by David Lipsky

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September 26, 2008

Notable Film Links--September 26, 2008

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September 14, 2008

David Foster Wallace: In Memoriam

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