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David Foster Wallace Gets The Big Story

Posted by Jason Cherkis on Oct. 29, 2008, at 3:13 pm

David Foster Wallace. There's a long piece on his life that should be worth reading. Tomorrow, we are publishing two essays on the presidential campaigns. It's hard not to think about Wallace's brilliant take on McCain's 2000 run and how different the coverage has been this time. The 24-hour news cycle, blah, blah, blah (to quote McCain on anything these days), the web, the Twitter. I still think Wallace's essay would stick out. But would his thoughtfulness be appreciated?

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Comments

1. Ernest October 29th, 2008
   3:21 pm
   #1

   Anything about or by David Foster Wallace interests me very little.

2. Jason Cherkis October 29th, 2008
   3:22 pm
   #2

   Then start your own blog.

3. Reid October 29th, 2008
   4:07 pm
   #3

   I thought DFW had written a few more articles about McCain this cycle, didn't he?

   I don't think they were Up Simba-length pieces, but I thought I had seen something somewhere by him.

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