The Decisive Ones. The thing that interests me about the Middle East (a term I am far from comfortable with) so much is the fact that what is happening there is so far removed from my life and everyday experiences that it is almost unbelievable. I fear my interet is no more than the equivalent of gawking. The difference is I do have a strong opinion of what is happening there. But the problems are so profound that it makes the opinions of people living comfortable lives on the other side of our planet, with the leisure time and peace to blog about them, utterly irrelevant. This is a detailed piece of immersion journalism about the days after the Shock and Awe campaign in Iraq. By Thanassis Cambanis, via at Length
David Lipsky on the Late David Foster Wallace. Audio of DFW in conversation with David Lipsky on the Infinite Jest tour. Lipsky turned the conversations into Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace. Via The Takeaway
Secret of AA: After 75 Years, We Don’t Know How It Works. Speaking of Infinite Jest, I didn’t understand AA until I read IJ. In it, DFW explores AA as a philosophy by which to live. What makes AA remarkable is the fact it is still having success despite its somewhat odd and cultish beginnings. By Brendan I. Koerner, via Wired
Living with the Enemy. A compelling case – using the work of Holocaust writer, Jean Améry – against reconciliation, arguing that to the victims especially it can be a form of torture. By Susie Linfield, via Guernica
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The Decisive Ones. The thing that interests me about the Middle East (a term I am far from comfortable with) so much is the fact that what is happening there is so far removed from my life and everyday experiences that it is almost unbelievable. I fear my interet is no more than the equivalent of gawking. The difference is I do have a strong opinion of what is happening there. But the problems are so profound that it makes the opinions of people living comfortable lives on the other side of our planet, with the leisure time and peace to blog about them, utterly irrelevant. This is a detailed piece of immersion journalism about the days after the Shock and Awe campaign in Iraq. By Thanassis Cambanis, via at Length
David Lipsky on the Late David Foster Wallace. Audio of DFW in conversation with David Lipsky on the Infinite Jest tour. Lipsky turned the conversations into Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace. Via The Takeaway
Secret of AA: After 75 Years, We Don’t Know How It Works. Speaking of Infinite Jest, I didn’t understand AA until I read IJ. In it, DFW explores AA as a philosophy by which to live. What makes AA remarkable is the fact it is still having success despite its somewhat odd and cultish beginnings. By Brendan I. Koerner, via Wired
Living with the Enemy. A compelling case – using the work of Holocaust writer, Jean Améry – against reconciliation, arguing that to the victims especially it can be a form of torture. By Susie Linfield, via Guernica
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