Tag Archives: David Foster Wallace
Investigations
Does that mean we have to read Foocolt?
In our new column, Investigations, we invite writers to delve into topics that intrigue them. The first Investigation comes from Andrew David Stapleton, who earlier this year decided to study philosophy. During my honours year, a research methods class was offered in the first semester. In part, … Read more
Books
The Five Year Plan: The 2010 MacArthur ‘Genius Grants’
Think of these words as a crystal ball. Five years from now, which American writers are most likely to have produced the masterpiece that will either launch them into the cultural stratosphere or justify their place if they’re already up there? Read on and you’ll glimpse the … Read more
Books
Fear, complexity and commitment in Joe Meno’s The Great Perhaps
Publisher: Picador ISBN: 9780330519533 RRP: $32.99 Jonathan Casper – father of teenage daughters Thisbe and Amelia; son of Henry, an ex-aeronautical engineer for the US Air force; and husband to Madeline, whose research into the behaviour of pigeons is yielding bizarre results – suffers from a rare … Read more
