All Essays

• The Criminal Kind: Bardsley, Piccirilli, Woods

  On "Cash Out," "Last Kind Words," and "A Death in Mexico

  Nov 26, 2012

• What Would DFW Do: Maria Bustillos, Eric Been, and Mike Goetzman on “Both Flesh and Not” and All Things Foster Wallace

  Nov 25, 2012

• Infinite Proofs: The Effects of Mathematics on David Foster Wallace

  To the extent he was home anywhere, DFW was at home in the world of math.

  Nov 25, 2012

• Choosing Not to Be: On David Foster Wallace

  On 'The Bad Thing,' depression, and suicide

  Nov 25, 2012

• After the Flood: Old New York Catches Up with the Anthropocene

  On realizing a favorite cultural nightmare: the destruction of NYC

  Nov 24, 2012

• Barbarism in Cultured Soil: Rushdie’s Great Pakistani Novel

  On 'Shame,' Salman Rushdie's great "forgotten" novel

  Nov 23, 2012

• A Three Act Journey in the Land of the Screenwriting Gurus

  The education of a screenwriter

  Nov 21, 2012
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  James Ellroy on his latest novella.

  L.A. is where I come back to when women divorce me.

  Nov 21, 2012
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  New Girl & The Mindy Project: Thanksgiving Special

  Jane HuNov 21, 2012
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  Steve Erickson: three quick questions

  Nov 20, 2012
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  Privatizing Paradise in the Murder Capital of the World

  James McGirkNov 18, 2012
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  Anthony Burgess Answers Two Questions

  Jonathan LethemNov 17, 2012
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  New Girl & The Mindy Project: The Gender Games

  Leading Ladies?

  Jane Hu, Lili Loofbourow, Phillip MaciakNov 16, 2012

• Philosophy as an Art of Living

  Nov 14, 2012

• At the Edge of the Screen: Greil Marcus Interviews David Thomson

  Nov 14, 2012
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  Jack Gilbert, 1925 - 2012

  ...the hard-hooks that fold you down to your knees...

  Juan Felipe HerreraNov 14, 2012