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  • This Is Water: The Original David Foster Wallace Recording | [David Foster Wallace]
    This Is Water: The Original David Foster Wallace Recording
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    This Is Water: The Original David Foster Wallace Recording

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    • By David Foster Wallace
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    Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. This is the audio recording of David Foster Wallace delivering that very address. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others.

    John Nosal says: "The MVP of my book/audio library"
    "You must listen to this!"
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    Would you listen to This Is Water: The Original David Foster Wallace Recording again? Why?

    David Foster Wallace is known for his novels and short stories, but he shines most in his nonfiction work. He was an exceptional journalist (download Consider the Lobster, which he reads as well) and, in a way, philosopher. This is an opportunity to hear one of our finest writers speak, even though he's no longer with us.


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