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A tasty little bit from DFW’s year-2000 assessment of then-current politicians: “Al Gore, best described by CNN sound tech Mark A. as ‘amazingly lifelike’” (187).
— Dec 24, 2024 07:40AM
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John Jr.
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Two essays in, and what interests me most, though it’ll sound bland to say so, is how DFW makes his nonfiction interesting. It’s not just the often-remarked gymnastic bits, such as footnotes. I think it involves multiple angles of view.
— Dec 14, 2024 06:01AM