David Foster Wallace on Bookworm

Considering David Foster Wallace

The Politics of Culture, Tuesdays @ 2:30PM
Tue., Sept 16

Author David Foster Wallace died on Friday leaving the literary world in astonished disbelief. Join Bookworm host Michael Silverblatt for a special Politics of Culture today, Tuesday September 16. He will discuss the impact of David Foster Wallace on fiction, on his generation, and on American culture. Hear why many feel that the death of Wallace is to literature what the death of Kurt Cobain was to rock music.

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Considering David Foster Wallace

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