Also why DFW [RIP] was a yogi, and why I am so sad that he is gone.

“true freedom ‘means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience. Because if you cannot exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed.’ ”

From The New Yorker, h/t Laura

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March 10th, 2009 Sylvia Says:

Based on a quick Googling, he really liked using footnotes & endnotes.1

I love footnotes & endnotes! It’s really what gives any great piece of non-fiction its credibility.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Foster_Wallace#Themes_and_styles

March 10th, 2009 einajs Says:

He did it in fiction, too. Vast tracts of footnotes, like a whole ‘nother book’s worth. Nice meta-comment, Sylvia

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