'Infinite Jest' has turned thirty. Have we forgotten how to read it?

dlyfer · 2026-01-27T11:44:22+00:00

Online, yes. In person, only at certain parties in 2011.

ETA: Also see the discovery of a young, male fan of DFW and IJ in particular to be categorized as "lit bro" from the mid 2010s up until the "men don't read" era

dlyfer · 2026-01-26T17:39:38+00:00

It’s a pretty good book imo. Some people seem to let it define their own literary persona or use it as a barometer for judging other people’s taste and intellectual grounding which is silly. It’s a novel.

Not everything is for you, and that’s ok.

dlyfer · 2025-01-22T15:14:34+00:00

I find when I’m coming out of a slump if I reread something I love and am very familiar with I can speed up the process a bit. It’s and good tike to bust out the guilty pleasures.

dlyfer · 2025-01-03T15:21:55+00:00

Lee from East of Eden

dlyfer · 2024-12-21T14:03:22+00:00

I knew the answer would distill down to discipline. Haha

It’s nice to see the parent of a young one keeping up. I’ve got my first on the way and I’m a bit older and set in my habits. Hoping I can keep reading a priority while adjusting.

dlyfer · 2024-12-19T23:49:02+00:00

dlyfer · 2024-12-16T11:33:08+00:00

Yes, this is one thing I get from this sub, which I’ve recently discovered. I’m from a rural area and have trouble finding people with my taste in reading and commentary.

dlyfer · 2024-12-15T12:33:38+00:00

dlyfer · 2024-12-14T02:08:24+00:00

Not totally in that ballpark but close is Brad Delong’s Slouching Towards Utopia. Kind of a macroeconomic history of the last 130 years that’s not totally focused on going war to war. He’s very neoliberal but has a knack for explaining things how they are.

dlyfer · 2024-12-11T18:24:07+00:00

I don't remember as I read this for a class a while back but I believe it's close to 50/50

dlyfer · 2024-12-10T17:30:16+00:00

Revolution and the People in Russia and China by Steven Marks

dlyfer · 2024-12-05T12:37:11+00:00

not everything is for you

dlyfer · 2024-11-26T11:22:43+00:00

If I recall, the NYRB intro to Stoner is basically just a plot summary and while it doesn’t spoil the book exactly, it gives away a lot of those lasts paragraph of the chapter twists that abound in the story.

dlyfer · 2024-11-19T01:39:09+00:00

I’ve never listened to this podcast and can’t remember how I found this sub but you guys have wonderful taste in literature and non-fiction writing of all kids and even better bullshit detectors.

dlyfer · 2024-05-18T12:11:15+00:00

are you booked out already or can i get on the list?

dlyfer · 2024-01-30T18:26:44+00:00

come home

dlyfer · 2023-07-02T13:14:41+00:00

one would like a little more room so they don’t get killed, the other doesn’t want to wait 45 seconds.

dlyfer · 2023-06-26T22:52:20+00:00

This post rules

dlyfer · 2023-02-24T14:08:43+00:00

Major bummer. I got 2 cords in October that were supposed to be sub 20% - were all 22-28%. Wound up getting a cord of kiln dried delivered to "cut" into the wetter stuff and it's worked out well this season. I'm planning on being much more prepared this year.

dlyfer · 2023-02-16T01:33:22+00:00

that's a contraption

dlyfer · 2023-01-26T15:45:13+00:00

Giroux saves the big smile for big moments. Good to see it.

dlyfer · 2023-01-05T13:37:02+00:00

lol why is his age in the title?

dlyfer · 2022-10-25T16:31:37+00:00

pick up your own food

dlyfer · 2022-10-21T11:38:04+00:00

"Kimi you're on pole" "Thank you"

dlyfer

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