/lit/ - Literature

>>15375053
I took a creative nonfiction course with him at Ponoma back in '94. We weren't allowed to show anyone our essays outside of the class for some reason. He seemed naturally intelligent, didnt need to look at any notes or textbooks or prepare for any lectures, he just knew his stuff and was super casual.

I saw him talking to a girl on campus one day. He uncharacteristically wore a Fila sweatsuit, the kind that looks like it's made from the same material as parachutes, and trainer sneakers with a matching bandana. That was his pussy hunt outfit apparently. Several times a week, same outfit, I'd see him hitting on women in it. I once saw him wearing it while carrying an identical outfit from the dry cleaners, he had like 4 sets of same Fila sweatsuit.

I asked him about it in class and he said we aren't allowed to discuss anything unrelated to class while inside class, the same way we can't show anyone outside of class our essays. A student called out "but Dostoevsky isn't in this class and last week you talked about replicating his black tea obsession to test its affects on your own writing". Wallace stared blankly at the student with dead eyes for 30 seconds in dead silence then said "you just got knocked down a full letter grade. Any other smart asses? Didn't think so." and pushed up his glasses with his index finger.

I remember telling myself this guy will either be super successful or kill himself.

what was his deal with horrible, unnatural, violent death? himself with the microwave, madame psychosis's mom putting her arms in the garbage disposal, the dad in the pale king getting dragged by the train, not a death but the schizophrenic guy getting put in shaker thing, probably way more. easier to understand why he suic'd when you consider he had that shit rattling around all the time

What book-related websites do you check daily?

For me, it's /lit/ and Brain Pickings.

How do I stop fantasizing about DFW long enough to finish Infinite Jest? I can handle his shorter works but every time I crack open this tome I start imagining him sweating through his bandana as he takes me on a date to the local independently owned bookstore. Please help /lit/ I'm supposed to write my dissertation on this

>>10248926
I took a creative nonfiction course with David Wallace at Ponoma back in '94. We weren't allowed to show anyone our essays outside of the class for some reason. He seemed naturally intelligent, didnt need to look at any notes or textbooks or prepare for any lectures, he just knew his stuff and was super casual.

I saw him talking to a girl on campus one day. He uncharacteristically wore a Fila sweatsuit, the kind that looks like it's made from the same material as parachutes, and trainer sneakers with a matching bandana. That was his pussy hunt outfit apparently. Several times a week, same outfit, I'd see him hitting on women in it. I once saw him wearing it while carrying an identical outfit from the dry cleaners, he had like 4 sets of same Fila sweatsuit.

I asked him about it in class and he said we aren't allowed to discuss anything unrelated to class while inside class, the same way we can't show anyone outside of cass our essays. A student called out "but Dostoevsky isn't in this class and last week you talked about replicating his black tea obsession to test its affects on your own writing". Wallace stared blankly at the student with dead eyes for 30 seconds in dead silence then said "you just got knocked down a full letter grade. Any other smart asses? Didn't think so." and pushed up his glasses with his index finger.

I remember telling myself this guy will either be super successful or kill himself.

authors who have inspired copypastas that are more literary than anything they ever wrote

I GO TO BARNES & NOBLE TO HIT ON JAILBAIT AND FIND THE LATEST IN SELF HELP WRITING HUEHUEHUE

It's not about a capitalism as a whole, but I would suggest one of the essays from "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again" titled "E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction" by David Foster Wallace.

As the title says, it is about TV. I know, who watches TV in 2017, but - Wallace writes more about human nature, supply and demand and mechanisms that TV uses to take advantage of its viewers. That is something that is easily transable (it that a correct word?) throught the time, because humans don't change as fast as technology (if ever).

The whole book is also a good introduction to D.F. Wallace if you are interested in /lit/.

>September 12th, 2018
>The tenth anniversary of his suicide
>He comes out from hiding and announces that he faked his own death
>Releases the 2nd half of the Pale King
>it's a masterpiece

what would your reaction be?

Recommend me some dark/depressing short story collections.

>>8238850
>The trick is to divine whether it really will be worth your while to read a long-form book

Why did he do it, why did he fucking do it? was it because >tfw no gf? was it because he smoked weed? was it autism?

anyone else cringe at anything you wrote like a month+ ago? Are these feelings valid or just a part of art and creation?

i love poetry. i think its the greatest artform, the one that comes closest to capturing the human condition while also being aesthetically pleasing by itself. i love it so much that i try to get my friends and family to read it too, because theres a poet for every walk of life to fall in love with for one reason or another, whether it be Bukowski or Shakespeare or Yeats. I dont care if the poet is shit or one of the greats, i just want them to get the same joy and see the same beauty from it as i do.

My question is: is this a good thing, or just really pretentious and self-righteous? Should i go around recommending bad writers, or forget about the academic elitism and introduce them to anyone they might relate to? These people dont read at all so its not like its hurting them anyway right?

whats some of the shit you read in highschool?

and dont lie - its called highschool-tier for a reason.

30 minutes into sincerity and chill he gives you this look

He did so much research into tennis, addiction, and Quebecois separatism.

Why couldn't he find just ONE black person to proofread the Wardine chapter?

>Hey girl, I'd howl your fantods if you and but know what I'm saying

>mfw subbies are posting on /lit/ RIGHT now

>>7810305
>TFW you assume everyone here is a neet
>TFW you answer a question with an unsolicited
>writing sample
>TFW it's not very good
Apparently all it takes to be a good writer is to somehow tie the sea and the sky into your diary.

>>7501715
I'm too busy reading and writing to keep up with all these board memes, so could you please like maybe explain to me what you're referring to with all those letters and numbers you greentexted? I'm probably not enough of a "digital native" to understand.

Isn't DFW the only one in the genre?

>>6589265
>mfw appreciating vaporwave sincerely even if it's meant sarcastically

Post-snark living is here

Is this guy like /lit/'s Richard Stallman?
Who is he and why is he important?
Should I actually read anything of his, or what should I learn about him?