Footnotes Conference FullRegistrations for the Footnotes conference are now closed, the maximum number of attendees has been reached. I fly out of Australia, on my way to the conference, this coming weekend, and with that will come more posts. (I'm snowed under right now preparing classes for the 8 days I'll be absent from teaching - I do plan to reply to the backlog of emails sent through the contact link... I do get them!). Add new comment
DFW Philosophy Thesis to be PublishedI've been sitting on this for a while so I was glad to hear (thanks, Matt) that the word is starting to get out about Maureen Eckert and Steven M. Cahn's co-edited publication, I have been looking forward to this as I found DFW's thesis very difficult and am happy to admit I gave up when the going got tough. I just don't have the philosphy background to understand it. I know Maureen is very excited about the importance of Wallace's thesis, and I am looking forward to the commentary and other materials in this volume. Maureen will deliver a paper at the Footnotes Conference, “Where the Conversation Lapses…Understanding DFW’s Philosophy Thesis”. I simply can't wait. Fate, Logic and Language: David Foster Wallace's Essay on Fatalism, book co-edited with Steven M. Cahn, forthcoming Fall 2010 from Columbia University Press Contents will include David Foster Wallace’s philosophy thesis, “Richard Taylor’s ‘Fatalism’ and the Semantics of Physical Modality,” Richard Taylor's essay "Fatalism," responses to and defenses of Taylor's argument, explanatory essays regarding David Foster Wallace's work and essays on the philosophical material. An essay by me [Maureen Eckert], "Renewing the Conversation on Fatalism," will address the changes in philosophy that occurred between the debate on Taylor's argument and Wallace's thesis that enabled him to respond to the argument in a novel way. Footnotes Conference ScheduleThe Conference Schedule for the Footnotes: New Directions in David Foster Wallace Studies is up, and it looks amazing.
NY DFW Conference RegistrationThe Footnotes: New Directions in David Foster Wallace Studies conference organisers have opened registrations for the conference on Nov 20th: Although the conference is free and open to the public, space is limited, so we are asking that people planning to attend register ahead of time. To do so, please send an email with your name and institutional affiliation (if any) to: footnotesregister AT gmail DOT com , and you will be added to the list. Thank you. Hope to see some of you there!
Upcoming Pale King Excerpt in The Lifted BrowUPDATE: Thanks to the editors over at The Lifted Brow I can confirm that the excerpt is previously unpublished, about 2000 words, and currently untitled... The Lifted Brow #6, an Australian publication (Yay!) will feature an excerpt from The Pale King. No idea if it is something we have already seen (Good People, The Compliance Branch, Wiggle Room, or Irrelevant Bob - pg 2), or something new, but I've asked them and hopefully we'll find out soon. (Thanks for spotting this, Matt) Also, I have word that the Fall 2010 release of The Pale King is not technically a delay seeing as we didn't have a firm release date prior to this.
Brief Interviews Movie ReviewsThanks for being patient everyone. Have any readers seen the Brief Interviews movie yet? Alas, I'm not sure it will ever show in Australia - I'll have to wait for DVD I expect. There is a big spread in the reviews, some DFW fans I've spoken to have said it was great. Maybe it helps to be familiar with the source material? I've collected many reviews and interviews below if you're keen to read more about the film. New York Magazine Movies - The Awful Truth Indiewire - Distinctly Non-Commercial Time Out New York -Brief Interviews with Hideous Men The Village Voice - John Krasinski Makes a Mess of DFW's Hideous Men New York Press - Taking the Word ‘Brief’ Too Far NY1 - NY1 Movie Review The L Magazine -Brief Interviews with Hideous Men: The Remix New York Post - All talk and no attraction amc film critic - Brief Interviews with Hideous Men New York Times Movies - How Are Guys Flawed? Let Us Count the Ways News Blaze - Dumped Doctoral Student Does Dissertation on Dudes A.V. Club - Brief Interviews with Hideous Men BoxOffice - Brief Interviews with Hideous Men The New York Observer - Brief Interviews with Hideous Men: The John Krasinski Show New Jersey Newsroom - ‘Brief Interviews with Hideous Men’ a talent-rich directorial debut Slant Magazine - Brief Interviews with Hideous Men silive.com - Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Time Magazine - Brief Interviews with Hideous Men: Heavy on the Hideous Daemon's Movies - Brief Interviews with Hideous Men The Huffington Post - Brief Interviews with Hideous Men: Women and (Mostly) Men Cinematical - Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Washington Square News - Krasinski adapts Foster Wallace, does it right ScreenCrave - Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Response and Trailer The House Next Door - Brief Interviews with Hideous Men and Rage (via Halloween 2) Black Book Mag - Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Rotten Tomatoes - Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Interviews and Q&A ComingSoon.net - Exclusive: Brief Interviews with Hideous Filmmakers NPR Interview (Audio) - A Brief Interview With The Makers Of 'Hideous Men' Cinematical(Audio) -Interview JANie - IFC Post Screening Q&A New York Magazine - Director John Krasinski on Adapting David Foster Wallace California Chronicle - John Krasinski Talks DFW, 'Brief Interviews' Yale Daily News - Brief interview with very happy man Clip |
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