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The End
09.21.09 | Permalink | 6 Comments

Early in Infinite Summer, we received an email from a participant (who requested anonymity): I went to a David Foster Wallace talk/autograph signing in Boston years ago. I asked him to write a message of congratulations to the reader on the final page. I thought this would motivate me to re-read IJ, since his congratulatory […]
Miscellaneous
Announcements
09.13.09 | Permalink | 8 Comments

Infinite Summer: Dracula … is a go. Please visit (and circulate) infinitesummer.org/dracula. After Summer Parties There are a number of post-I.S. parties in the works. Here are the ones of which we are aware: Andbutso (Austin): Skylight Books (Los Angeles): A party to celebrate the completion of Infinite Jest by people all over Los Angeles, […]
Miscellaneous
“It’s weird to feel like you miss someone you’re not even sure you know”
09.12.09 | Permalink | 30 Comments

You Are Loved
Matthew Baldwin, Miscellaneous
Join the Tunnel Club
08.31.09 | Permalink | 129 Comments

This is cross-posted to the forums. We’ll be featuring guests for the remainder of the week, but I’m appropriating my Monday slot for a discussion on the future of Infinite Summer. the sub-14 E.T.A.s historically have a kind of Tunnel Club. Like many small boys’ clubs, the Tunnel Club’s unifying raison d’etre is kind of […]
Miscellaneous
Oops
08.26.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Two months ago Matthew Baldwin told the Guides that August 24-28 would be devoted to guest posts and Kevin Guilfoile, who is a professional, wrote this on a calendar, and Matthew Baldwin, who is not, did not, and, long story short, Kevin doesn’t have a post prepared, so we’re running the weekly guest post today […]
Miscellaneous
Infinite Jests
08.07.09 | Permalink | 9 Comments

The ranks of Infinite Summerians are thinning quickly, as participants drop out or finish early. For those of us on the schedule, though, it’s time for a halftime celebration. John Campbell drew the above two panels in his Hourly Comic Journal. They appeared in the January 9th, 2008 entry. Mr. Campbell went on to write […]
Guides, Miscellaneous
Amanda French: ∞/2
08.02.09 | Permalink | 4 Comments

The midpoint of Infinite Jest is rapidly approaching (next Thursday, according to the schedule). What better time to organize meet-ups, so that readers in various cities can discuss their progress through the novel? Militant Grammarians in the audience will notice a conspicuous lack of actor in the preceding sentence. Specifically, we did not say that […]
Miscellaneous
Odds and Ends
07.19.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Media: There was a piece about Infinite Summer in Salon last week. Other mentions in the media: a lengthy article in the Globe and Mail, and mention in the Boston Globe’s Ideas Blog (our new motto is “Infinite Summer: Spanning the Globes”), and a feature in the Kentucky Courier-Journal. Spoilers: We hates them, we hates […]