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Nature’s Nightmare 14 Aug 2013 | 09:18 pm
About a year after SSMG Press published Greg Carlisle’s reader’s guide to Infinite Jest, Elegant Complexity (in December 2007), Greg emailed me and said he was toying with the idea of writing a shorte...
The Cubicle Life 11 Jun 2013 | 08:23 pm
In his long interview with David Foster Wallace, David Lipsky brings up the issue of the decreasing cultural relevance of books (in 1996, mind you). Wallace cuts right to the heart of the problem: “To...
Twelve Underappreciated Novels 24 Feb 2013 | 01:45 am
These are some of the books that I often find myself recommending to people. Usually these are people who have read David Foster Wallace, Cormac McCarthy, Don DeLillo, Cloud Atlas, and Moby-Dick (or w...
Essay on Fiction Advocate 9 Jan 2013 | 03:57 am
I recently wrote an essay about David Foster Wallace and my experience with the D.T. Max biography here on Fiction Advocate.
Update 11 Sep 2012 | 11:06 pm
Here are a few things I’ve written lately, or places where I’ve been quoted or mentioned online. Back in June I was quoted in this ABC News article about dad blogs. I wrote a weird little thing about ...
Untitled 18 May 2012 | 07:44 am
A lot has changed in the online world since I got my first email address in 1995. A lot has changed in my own expectations of a creative and successful career. My day job is working as a Project Manag...
Recent Update 7 Oct 2011 | 02:31 pm
I haven’t updated this site for a while because of a bizarre WordPress error, but all seems well now. I’ve been busy the past six months! I’ve posted a lot of new things at SimpleRanger.net, tons of ...
Austin Meetup 4/15 30 Mar 2011 | 02:36 pm
The Ransom Center event for The Pale King in Austin on April 15 will begin at 7pm (doors open at 6:30) in Jessen Auditorium. The readings will be held in conjunction with the New Fiction Confab. Reade...
The Pale King 11 Feb 2011 | 03:50 pm
David Foster Wallace’s posthumous, unfinished novel The Pale King will be published on April 15 and I am really excited about it. Of course, it’s the complete opposite reality of how I’d like to read ...
Goings on 11 Jan 2011 | 04:33 pm
I’ve been busy lately! Last month I was interviewed for this article on the Wall Street Journal‘s Speakeasy blog: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/12/15/david-foster-wallace-his-secret-life-as-a-p...
