October 27, 2011
“Imagine You’re a Hyper-Educated Avant Gardist” — David Foster Wallace on David Lynch (Video)
Begins at 4:oo. (Transcript).
February 2, 2011
Is Infinite Jest Just David Foster Wallace’s Way of Imposing His Phallus on the Consciousness of the World?
From David Foster Wallace’s 1997 interview with Charlie Rose. I love Rose’s response–
DFW: Feminists are always saying this. Feminists are saying white males say, “Okay, I’m going to sit down and write this enormous book and impose my phallus on the consciousness of the world.”
ROSE: And you say?
DFW: I — I — if that was going on, it was going on on a level of awareness I do not want to have access to.
ROSE: Do you still play tennis?
Said