2009

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Roundup
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, […]
Summaries
Infinite Summary – Week 11
09.05.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Milestone Reached: 812 (82%) Sections Read: Page 736: Joelle cleans her room, ponders her relationship with Himself and the movies she starred in, and recollects the Thanksgiving she shared with the Incandenzas. Page 747: Marathe speaks to Pat. M. regarding admittance to Ennet House. A discussion about discovered cartridges piques his interest. Marathe ponders his […]
Guests, Guides
Nick Maniatis: In Search of Firm Ground
09.04.09 | Permalink | 16 Comments

Nick Maniatis is the owner/maintainer of the David Foster Wallace web resource The Howling Fantods as well as a high school English and Media teacher. Once he finished Infinite Jest for the fourth time he stopped counting. The final 200 pages always make me feel like I’m sliding down an ultra fast slippery-dip. I can […]
Guests, Guides
John Warner: My Own Infinite Summer
09.03.09 | Permalink | 17 Comments

John Warner is the author of the leading volume of fake writing advice, Fondling Your Muse: Infallible Advice From a Published Author to the Writerly Aspirant. He teaches at Clemson University. Twice in my life, when I had no one, David Foster Wallace was there for me. The first time was Labor Day weekend, 1988, […]
Guests, Guides
Colin Meloy: Thoughts at pg. 750; or, Staying at Pace
09.02.09 | Permalink | 29 Comments

Colin Meloy is the lead singer and songwriter for the band The Decemberists. Their most recent album is The Hazards of Love. First thing: Apparently summer is not infinite. It’s September 2nd and it’s cold in the mornings here and the leaves are just starting to turn and our tomatoes are dying. Second thing: I’m […]
Guests, Guides
Maria Bustillos: The Wonder of Wallace-L
09.01.09 | Permalink | 18 Comments

Maria Bustillos is the author of Dorkismo: the Macho of the Dork, in which Wallace fans may read the author’s favorite chapter, “David Foster Wallace: the Dork Lord of American Letters.” Her next book, Act Like a Gentleman, Think Like a Woman, is coming out in September. She lives in Los Angeles, can be contacted […]
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 […]