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14080453 No.14080453 [Reply] [Original]

What's your favorite short story or essay by DFW? I really love "Host". The way that the guy who DFW was interviewing acted when he died haunts me when I think about it sometimes.

>> No.14080467

Can someone explain the last Brief Interview With Hideous Men to me?
>You dyke, you bitch, cooze, cunt, slut, gash

>> No.14080471

DFW... VFW... Is there a connection?

>> No.14080614

>>14080453
His best are "Ticket to the Fair" and the cruise ship one, by far. Only depressives like Oblivion and his Interviews with Hideous Men.

>> No.14080625

The Soul is Not a Smithy

>> No.14080635

>>14080614
I don't really like his short stories that much, but I don't like anyone's short stories.
I love Derivative Sport and all the tennis ones, and then there's American Usage. Never thought I'd enjoy a dictionary review but DFW never ceases to amaze. That one is fantastic.

>> No.14080655

Forever overhead

>> No.14080659

How does his short stories compare to that of Borges (for example)? Are they actually good or should I stick to his novels?

>> No.14080672

>>14080635
Yeah, the nonfiction essays he wrote in his 30s was his best work imo.

>> No.14080815

>>14080635
American Usage is fucking awesome. It's inspiring how much value he finds in those rules and how he interprets the arguments around them.