Tag Archive For "David Foster Wallace"
in Brazil
Could David Foster Wallace’s “Infinite Jest” Help Us Navigate Quarantine?
In the room the women come and go, speaking of Michelangelo Just by way of a few time-stamped data points from one man’s experience: on 22 March at 1130h, a friendly neighborhood sundries store was open and empty, and nine 8.5x11in signs hung near the front indicating the complete absence of alcohol gel and protective …
in Occasions
Paling Kings
“Most of us are allowed to go through the span of life allotted to us in actuarial tables.” from The Echo newspaper, November 1, 1869 Except the tables don’t tell the whole tale, do they? There are also qualitative burdens—especially when it comes to certain folks, say for example kings, who: …must bear all. O …
in Arguments
Democratization of Language
Subtitle: Have you ever seen the phrase “piacular recompense” and the word “stuff” (the noun variety) in the same sentence? After Tuesday there will be no more President Bush press conferences. During these linguistic spectacles, the Harvard- and Yale-educated oil-tycoon scion sometimes dropped the “g’s” off his gerunds and uttered phrases such as “We’re gonna …
Treating Classes Like Gatherings, Part Three: Ending Well(If you haven’t read part one, on establishing purpose, or part two, on facilitating well, I’d [keep reading...]
Treating Classes Like Gatherings, Part Two: Teaching With Generous Authority(If you haven’t read part one, about establishing purpose, consider starting there.) After [keep reading...]
Why Teachers Should Consider Their Classes “Gatherings”Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering, a book that, as the subtitle suggests, takes up the subject of [keep reading...]