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The International David Foster Wallace Society. Coming Soon: MLA 2025; ALA 2025: The Journal of David Foster Wallace, volume 4.

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DFW Society@DFWSociety
Jan 15
It's that time again! We hope that you'll consider submitting to DFW26: The International David Foster Wallace Conference in Austin, TX, June 4-6, 2026. Feel free to contact us with any questions! dfwsociety.org/dfw26/
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Our own Michael O'Connell is conducting a Roundtable with the 92nd Street Y on David Foster Wallace and Language! roundtable.org/live-courses/…

Roundtable by The 92nd Street Y, New York — Live, Online Classes

Roundtable is live, in-the-moment online courses with respected and passionate experts who give you a place at the table to ask questions, join a discussion, and satisfy your curious mind.

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Roundtable@Roundtable_92NY
26 Nov 2024
Discover the brilliant insights of David Foster Wallace with @mikecmiley in a new course exploring his essays on American entertainment—state fairs, cruises, movies, and television. 📖 Text: A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again @HachetteUS 🗓️ Join us—hubs.la/Q02ZCCB_0
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Matt Bucher@mattbucher
5 Dec 2024
Jesse Eisenberg 'couldn't stop crying' while filming The End of the Tour with Jason Segel: 'It was just killing me' ew.com/jesse-eisenberg-could… via @EW

Jesse Eisenberg couldn't stop crying while filming 'The End of the Tour'

Jesse Eisenberg has revealed that he 'couldn't stop crying' while filming 'The End of the Tour' with Jason Segel: 'It was just killing me.'

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The DFW Society is seeking submissions for presentation at the ALA. See the attached for info.
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Matt Bucher@mattbucher
20 Sep 2024
An excerpt from my next book is now available at Puerto del Sol. puertodelsol.org/single-post…

Editor’s Pick: Matt Bucher | Prose

from Piecemeal/DaymealDay 1 – Austin, TX “Today is your last day.” It was Jimmy Chen who called me with the news. “Belan wanted me to call you,” he said. “We’re being forced to make some tough...

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Puerto del Sol@puertomag
20 Sep 2024
Check out our newest online feature & get to know the writers at the link in our bio! 🌞 We hope you enjoy this month's picks!
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David Hering@hering_david
19 Sep 2024
If you want to hear me (and Adam Kelly and others) discussing Kafka, David Foster Wallace and bureaucracy in literature, check out @cbcideas new episode, 'Bureaumania' (link below) podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…

Ideas

Society & Culture Podcast · Updated Daily · IDEAS is a place for people who like to think. If you value deep conversation and unexpected reveals, this show is for you. From the roots and rise of...

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Matt Bucher@mattbucher
19 Sep 2024
If you are in NYC on Oct 18, do not miss this event: Jennifer Egan & Lee Konstantinou in conversation with Adam Kelly about Adam's book "New Sincerity" @GC_CUNY gc.cuny.edu/events/new-since…

New Sincerity: American Fiction in the Neoliberal Age

In New Sincerity: American Fiction in the Neoliberal Age (Stan

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Matt Bucher@mattbucher
12 Sep 2024
Don DeLillo on DFW, 2008
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biblioklept@biblioklept
11 Sep 2024
Just asking | David Foster Wallace biblioklept.org/2024/09/11/j…

Just asking | David Foster Wallace

“Just Asking” by David Foster Wallace First published in The Atlantic, 2007 Are some things still worth dying for? Is the American idea* one such thing? Are you up for a thought ex…

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Tim Personn, PhD@timpersonn
10 Aug 2024
Infinite Jest!
Krapp's Last Vape@SatireRedacted
10 Aug 2024
What’s your favorite philosophical novel? In my opinion, a PN foregrounds a paradox that its narrative structure doesn’t seek to solve, but bring into relief by wedging itself into the reader’s consciousness like a thorn in the cerebrum. My favorite:
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Michael O'Connell@moc
24 Jul 2024
Replying to @DFWSociety
@DFWSociety at the Jersey Shore
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Michael O'Connell@moc
11 Jun 2024
Now through June 21st, @upmiss is having a 50% off sale on all their books; read Conversations with George Saunders on the beach for the low price of $12.50 😎📖 upress.state.ms.us/Books/C/C…

Conversations with George Saunders

Besides being one of America’s most celebrated living authors, George Saunders (b. 1958) is also an excellent interview subject. In the fourteen interviews included in Conversations with George...

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Some folks asked for some #DFW24 merch. Check out work from @chrisAcreative for merch officially thumbs-upped by the Society!
Chris Ayers@chrisAcreative
10 Jun 2024
I just returned from the 2024 David Foster Wallace Conference, which is always a life-affirming experience that I never want to end… I didn’t bring any of my DFW artwork to sell, but if your’e interested, you can find lots of it here: tumblr.com/pooryorickenterta… #dfw2024
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Well, I guess it’s time to sign off. #DFW24 is a wrap. Thank you to everyone for making it an amazing conference, especially our chair, @mattbucher I’ll be in the airport until 3ish (I hope!). If you’re around and have time to kill, come find me! (Ándrea)
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Final panel of the conference! Kirill Veselkin, Jarek Hetman, and moderator Lizzy Stock. Special guest appearance by society VP and mistress of tech, @WildlyConsistnt
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Next panel: journal review editor @ryanrkerr, Richard A. Decker, and a return moderating performance by journal editor Dr Rob Short. I slacked on the photos this time. #DFW24
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Amazing reading from Brandon Dean Lamson from his memoir CAGED: A TEACHER’S JOURNEY THROUGH RIKERS,” Q&A with @mattbucher #DFW24
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Back at it after lunch at #DFW24. Making his moderating debut, @IfIWereALuddite, presentations from Dr Todd Ferguson and Emilio Englade
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