March 7th, 2009
“But, as Wallace saw it, irony could critique but it couldn’t nourish or redeem. He told McCaffery, “Look, man, we’d probably most of us agree that these are dark times, and stupid ones, but do we need fiction that does nothing but dramatize how dark and stupid everything is?”
March 8th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
i thought this was a pretty tremendous article.
March 9th, 2009 at 9:55 am
oddly, considering that his preoccupations with form and humanity appeal to me greatly, i’ve read almost nothing by the man. but i agree, that article was tremendous. and devastating.
March 9th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
yes i agree about the devastation.
i found the combination of distance and heart to be very moving.