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Something To Do With Paying Attention

The David Foster Wallace Tax

April 19, 2022April 23, 2022 Michael Washburn 1 Comment David Foster Wallace, Something To Do With Paying Attention, The Pale King

DFW’s (reissued) final novella considers the IRS

O. Henry

CREATORS FICTION Writers

O. Henry Joins the Greats

August 9, 2021March 29, 2022 Michael Washburn 0 Comments 101 Stories, Ambrose Bierce, David Foster Wallace, Library of America, Louis L'Amour, Mark Twain, O. Henry, Upton Sinclair, Zane Grey

The Library of America enshrines a satirical wit who portrayed desperate writers

Museum of Rain

Eggers As Metaphor

July 12, 2021March 16, 2022 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Bjork, Dave Eggers, David Foster Wallace, Hugh Jackman, John Lennon, Rage, Stephen King, The Every, the Museum of Rain

‘The Museum of Rain’, a trim little parable about the tension between artists and fans

Strangers on a Train

‘Strangers on a Train’ Reconsidered

January 7, 2021March 15, 2022 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Alfred Hitchcock, David Foster Wallace, Farley Granger, Patricia Highsmith, Raymond Chandler, Robert Walker, Strangers on a Train, Tracy Austin

Hitchcock’s strange tale of a rich D.C. psychopath

CREATORS FICTION Writers

There Will Never be One Great Millennial Novel

April 16, 2019April 19, 2019 Katharine Coldiron 2 Comments Bret Easton Ellis, David Foster Wallace, Donna Tartt, Gen-X, Jonathan Safran Foer, Karen Russell, Mark Athitakis, Matt Zoller Seitz, Millennials, Ottessa Moshfegh

Why do GenXers Want to Freeze Culture in Its Tracks?