DFW’s famous commencement speech has been turned into a short film.
David Foster Wallace’s “This is Water” Speech is Now a Beautiful Short Film (Video)
May 14, 2013 By 3 Comments
Do I Hate Myself for Shopping at Whole Foods?
March 7, 2013 By 8 Comments
What shopping at Whole Foods Market can do to a man’s psyche.
“Not Your Mother’s Morals”: A Review
March 1, 2013 By 1 Comment
Jonathan D. Fitzgerald talks about faith, pop culture, and the “New Sincerity” in his new book.
Capital One Bowl Week: 18 Things I Learned
January 7, 2013 By 2 Comments
Or, eighteen of the things I learned while watching Capital One’s Bowl Week on ESPN over the holidays.
Learning to Love Tennis As Religious Experience
January 6, 2013 By 1 Comment
When the greatest writer of his generation wrote about the greatest tennis player in history.
Is It Lazy to Opt Out of Technology?
December 28, 2012 By 5 Comments
Do you feel like you have to be “plugged in” at all times?
David Foster Wallace – Creativity Killed The Cat
November 6, 2012 By 8 Comments
Shawn Maxam explains how being “normal” with the aid of medication has taken away the advantages of being Bipolar.
Another Great Amherst Mind Lost: David Foster Wallace on “Water”
November 6, 2012 By 1 Comment
DFW gives an amazing graduation speech at Kenyon College shortly before taking his own life.
I’m an American Living in Israel and I’m going to Jail Rather Than Join the Israeli Defense Forces
October 29, 2012 By 4 Comments
Moriel Rothman is refusing to serve in the IDF an act of protest against what he sees as an unjust and evil system. Here is his story.
Roger Federer: Sport as Art
July 16, 2012 By 6 Comments
Liam Day explores how the art of sport is represented through some of the greatest athletes alive, most prominently in Wimbledon champion Roger Federer.
Rafa’s Face
July 6, 2011 By 1 Comment
“It’s a woman’s job to make her man feel safe — a safe place that doesn’t expect him to do brave things just because he’s a man.”
This is a comment by Kat on the post “A Husband’s Job Is To Create Emotional Safety”.