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Elsewhere Jest
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09.20.09 | Permalink | 22 Comments

As Infinite Summer draws to a close, many have penned their “final thoughts” post: Sarah’s Books: “But and so and but so I finished IJ.” I Just Read About That: “So, obviously, the first reaction is WHAT?!“ Infinite Zombies: “I’ve probably tended to race down the hill of those last 200 pages and just lost […]
Elsewhere Jest
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09.06.09 | Permalink | 4 Comments

This week many readers saw the light at the end of the summer and sprinted toward it, finishing the novel and writing about the end. If you are still behind the spoiler line, you should avoid: Gerry Canavan, On Endings. Kevin Carey of A Supposedly Fun Blog, So I Lied. Daryl Houston of Infinite Zombies, […]
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08.23.09 | Permalink | 5 Comments

Man, everyone is doing this Infinite Summer thing. Here is a still from this week’s episode of Weeds. “I’ll do that delivery for mom after I finish my chapter.I’m sure this Erdedy guy won’t mind waiting ten minutes.” (Thanks to Ed for sending us the screenshot.) Matt of Wood-Tang is on page 700 of the […]
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08.16.09 | Permalink | 11 Comments

Every Happy Days needs a Laverne and Shirley, and maybe even a Joanie Loves Chachi for good measure. So too is Infinite Summer spawning spin-offs. Next week Infinite Jest will finally be published in German. At that time, the publisher is planning an Infinite Summer like read-along, and has a bunch of writers all lined […]
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08.09.09 | Permalink | 17 Comments

Despite the Avery induced exodus, many folks tenaciously cling to the Infinite Jest bandwagon. The most indefatigable chronicles are: The fine folks over at Infinite Zombies Gerry Canavan Infinite Detox Infinite Tasks I Just Read About That Love, Your Copyeditor The Feminist Texican Conversational Reading Journeyman Repat Blues Chris Forster Brain Hammer Naptime Writing Infinite […]
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07.26.09 | Permalink | 12 Comments

Gerry Canavan continues to crank out stellar essays on the novel. Ditto for Paul Debraski, The Feminist Texican, and Aaron Riccio. In the Crossover Event of 2009, Andrew of Blographia Literaria posts on Scott’s Conversational Reading, about DFW’s habitual use of parenthetical names in many of his (Wallace’s) more convoluted sentences. Ray of “Love, Your […]
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07.12.09 | Permalink | 32 Comments

Infinite Summer was mentioned in Newsweek, both the online and print edition. Related: hello one zillion new visitors. More info about the event can be found here, and the forums are over yonder. And in case you are wondering: a dedicated reader could pick up Infinite Jest today and still finish by September 21st if […]
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07.05.09 | Permalink | 13 Comments

Jacket Copy, the LA Times literary organ, interviewed Matthew Baldwin. The Story Behind Infinite Summer. The Valve, meanwhile, finds the project “a little morbid“. Unbeknownst to us, Infinite Summer was mentioned on television at some point. Mark Flannigan, the Contemporary Literature Guide of About.com, is on-board. Says Whitney of Feet on Polished Floor: “Reading David […]
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06.28.09 | Permalink | 33 Comments

The National Post’s Afterword interviewed Matthew Baldwin about the genesis of Infinite Summer. At A Supposedly Fun Blog, several writers (including Erza Klein of the Washington Post) have assembled to blog their reading of Infinite Jest. They join Infinite Zombies, which has been doing so for the last two weeks. Sonja describes her reading methodology. […]
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06.18.09 | Permalink | 57 Comments

Michael made some Infinite Summer bookmarks with the schedule printed right on them. We were totally going to do the same thing, but whatever we would have cooked up would have looked pretty lame compared to those. In addition to creating a Google Calendar and iCal calendar for the I.S. schedule, James also says he’ll […]