Mississippi — Charles White

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Mississippi, 1972 by Charles White (1918-1979)

Big Dreamer with Failed Poetry — Adrian Cox

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Big Dreamer with Failed Poetry by Adrian Cox (b. 1988)

The Journal of David Foster Wallace Studies, Vol. 1, Issue 1 (Book acquired, 28 Jan. 2019)

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The Journal of David Foster Wallace Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal devoted to the work of David Foster Wallace. The Journal is published by the DFW Society.

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Here is the table of contents for Vol. 1, issue 1;

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I enjoyed Nash’s essay on boredom and attention in The Pale King, and found Saylor’s piece on race in Wallace’s fiction—focusing on Wallace’s whiteness within the context of his overall project of literary empathy–especially interesting.

I’m glad to see the journal finally in print after a few years of chatter about its creation. Perhaps there might be a future article or two that takes on the current wave of anti-Wallace think pieces that have been floating around lately.

Aeschylus and Socrates — Eduardo Paolozzi

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Aeschylus and Socrates, 1975 by Eduardo Paolozzi (1924–2005)