Archive for April, 2008



On Harry Crews’ autobiographical writings

Whatever you think of Harry Crews, you’ve got to give him this: the man has never shrunk from candor. The strength and fury of his writing surges from his bluntness. “I never wanted to be well-rounded,” he has said. “I do not admire well-rounded people nor their work. So far as I can see, nothing good in the world has . . .

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DFW’s rescue cry

Pictures for Sad Children imagines David Foster Wallace stranded on a desert island. I like to think he would laugh, too. (Via.)

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