Brief Interviews Movie at SundanceIt is old news now, but just in case you were not aware, the Brief Interviews movie will debut at Sundance. Underwire, a wired blog, has a little write up that ends with a quote from Krasinski: "The only thing I'm terrified of now is David Foster Wallace fans," he says. "I hope I do him justice." Don't worry John, we're all just keen to see the film. Is anyone heading to Sundance to see it? I'd be happy to go if someone wants to shout me tickets from Australia to the US... :) Add new comment
Metafilter on Consider the PhilosopherIt's always interesting when DFW is discussed on metafilter. Not always for reasons you'd expect. The thread begins with reference to Ryerson's NYT article about DFW's philosophy thesis and then quickly spins out of control.
NYT: Consider the PhilosopherThe New York Times Magazine now has placed James Ryerson's piece about DFW's Thesis, Consider the Philosopher online. A good read and overview of the thesis.
Chaffey Review and This is Water updatesOrdering info for The Chaffey Review issue can be found here. Apparently the piece is a retitled version of The Compliance Branch (Released by Harper's and available for download here). Info about the Chaffey Review piece and the upcoming This is Water are available in this Publishers Weekly article. (Thanks to everyone that emailed.) Correction: The Chaffey ReviewHi everyone, Just a quick correction to the email posted previously about the Chaffey Review piece. Below is the new official email sent to me from The Chaffey Review with some minor detail changes. --- We here at The Chaffey Review literary magazine would first like to extend yet another expression of sympathy towards the entire David Foster Wallace fan community concerning his tragic passing.
We do, however, have news concerning a Wallace story. Before his death, Wallace agreed to donate a short portion of a larger work ("An Untitled Chunk") along with non-exclusive publishing rights, to the students of Chaffey College, allowing us to print it in the first edition of our literary magazine. The magazine is being published this January and our contract with Wallace's literary estate dictates that we cannot publish any portion of the piece online, nor duplicate it in any other publication. You can find more information about The Chaffey Review at http://www.chaffeyreview.org/. We request that you pass on this information about Wallace's piece to the rest of the Davis Foster Wallace fan community in order to promote this new journal that contains one of the last pieces of his work. Thank you very much, The Chaffey Review Literary Magazine Coming in April: This is WaterOn April 14 2009 Little Brown will publish This is Water. I have no hard and fast info yet (you'll know as soon as I do), but there is some suggestion that this is a reprint of DFW's Kenyon Commencement speech. You can pre-order This is Water on Amazon now. From Hatchette Book Group: What is the actual, real-life value of education? In this pointedly observant examination of daily life, David Foster Wallace seeks an answer to this deceptively simple question. In doing so, he notes that, "the most obvious, ubiquitous, important realities are often the ones that are the hardest to see and talk about." In other words, to really understand the world, we have to get out of our own thoughts and learn to see what's right in front of us. With this, he touches on the most basic, most important decision we all make every day--how to think about our world. Writing with his one-of-a-kind blend of casual humor, exacting intellect, and practical philosophy, David Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading.
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