DFW1 “Infinite Jest” (xii-17) #ThursdayswithDFW – Episode 76

We are starting off the year this year with a brand new series on David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest," one of the hardest novels known to literature to finish. (You can likely tell that I am still sick from my cold, so apologies on my cloggy voice during this recording!) Foreword through The Year of Glad (xii-17) What did I just listen to? https://www.relevanceofliterature.com/infinite-jest About DFW: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/03/09/the-unfinished Terminology for this chapter: https://www.relevanceofliterature.com/infinite-jest-1 Comments or questions? Leave them here: www.relevanceofliterature.com/reading-lists/comments-and-questions-for-infinite-jest-1 Quotes: “Whereas most religions deify only certain words, Wallace exalted all of them.” (xiii) “Try to get underway before the godawful heat out there. Though of course it’s a dry heat.” (5) “But it transcends the mechanics…” (12) Our website: relevanceofliterature.com Viewer survey: https://forms.gle/TBEbdb8nfMjbpmpM7