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Conversations with David Foster Wallace
by David Foster Wallace, Stephen J. Burn

Conversations with David Foster Wallace
by David Foster Wallace, Stephen J. Burn

Conversations with David Foster Wallace
by David Foster Wallace, Stephen J. Burn

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roughage (en)

fibrous indigestible material in vegetable foodstuffs that aids the passage of food and waste products through the gut

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a term used by his mother

—p.10 A Whiz Kid and His Wacky First Novel (8) by David Foster Wallace
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a term used by his mother

—p.10 A Whiz Kid and His Wacky First Novel (8) by David Foster Wallace
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anodyne (en)

(noun) a painkilling drug or medicine

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an anodyne against loneliness

—p.16 Looking for a Garde of Which to Be Avant: An Interview with David Foster Wallace (11) by David Foster Wallace
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an anodyne against loneliness

—p.16 Looking for a Garde of Which to Be Avant: An Interview with David Foster Wallace (11) by David Foster Wallace
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puerile (en)

childishly silly and trivial

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on Americans' relationship with TV

—p.21 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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on Americans' relationship with TV

—p.21 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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ineluctable (en)

unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable

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on suffering's relation to being human

—p.22 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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on suffering's relation to being human

—p.22 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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teleological (en)

the philosophical attempt to describe things in terms of their apparent intrinsic purpose, directive principle, or goal, irrespective of human use or opinion

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on pleasure being an end in itself

—p.23 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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on pleasure being an end in itself

—p.23 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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schizogenic (en)

asexual reproduction by fission of the parent organism or part

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on his experience growing up

—p.24 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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on his experience growing up

—p.24 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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9 years, 6 months ago

mimetic (en)

imitation, especially imitative representation of the real world in art and literature

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on the purpose of fiction

—p.24 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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on the purpose of fiction

—p.24 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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cincture (en)

(noun) the act of encircling / (noun) an encircling area / (noun) girdle belt / (noun) a cord or sash of cloth worn around an ecclesiastical vestment or the habit of a religious

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cinctures and constraints

—p.27 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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cinctures and constraints

—p.27 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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prolix (en)

using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy

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jumbled and prolix

—p.33 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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jumbled and prolix

—p.33 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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phosphenic (en)

a compound with phosphorus

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appears in IJ too

—p.34 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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appears in IJ too

—p.34 An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace (21) by David Foster Wallace
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