LonerMatt
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1. A Wrong Turn at the Office on Unmade Lists
2. Acceptance
3. Shipbreaker
4. Winter's Bone
5. Dhmara Bums
6. Istanbul
7. On the Trail of Genghis Khan
8. Holy Bible
9. The Boat
10. Collected Stories
11. Lost and Found
12. Blind Willow, Sleeping woman
13. White Noise
14. Clariel
15. Off the Rails
16. Sabriel
17 Hitler's Daughter
18. Quack this Way
18. Quack this Way
This is an interview between David Foster Wallace and Bryan Garner. It is basically two authors (albeit from very different backgrounds - DFW nonfiction essays and fictional writing, BG from a legal and linguistic POV) talking about writing, language, words and how we think through the language that we use. It is candid, to the point, eloquent and informative. I really, really, really enjoyed this short read. It's something I wish I taught in schools as there is so much excellent information and genuine engagement in such a short amount of time.
DFW maintains his characteristic 'nice guy intellectual' personality, and even when criticising a movement, usage or trend manages to be polite and informative. Bryan Garner is a great interviewer, who asks good questions and genuinely loves who he is speaking to. His introduction was obviously very heartfelt.
2. Acceptance
3. Shipbreaker
4. Winter's Bone
5. Dhmara Bums
6. Istanbul
7. On the Trail of Genghis Khan
8. Holy Bible
9. The Boat
10. Collected Stories
11. Lost and Found
12. Blind Willow, Sleeping woman
13. White Noise
14. Clariel
15. Off the Rails
16. Sabriel
17 Hitler's Daughter
18. Quack this Way
18. Quack this Way
This is an interview between David Foster Wallace and Bryan Garner. It is basically two authors (albeit from very different backgrounds - DFW nonfiction essays and fictional writing, BG from a legal and linguistic POV) talking about writing, language, words and how we think through the language that we use. It is candid, to the point, eloquent and informative. I really, really, really enjoyed this short read. It's something I wish I taught in schools as there is so much excellent information and genuine engagement in such a short amount of time.
DFW maintains his characteristic 'nice guy intellectual' personality, and even when criticising a movement, usage or trend manages to be polite and informative. Bryan Garner is a great interviewer, who asks good questions and genuinely loves who he is speaking to. His introduction was obviously very heartfelt.