Arts
David Foster Wallace: Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
2006-03-02
Download
Right click and do "save link as"
David Foster Wallace insists on a conversation where what can be said must be said honestly (along with a sidebar defining honesty), sincerely (ditto defining sincerity), and with full consideration of how media affect honesty and sincerity (ditto media). Given these requirements, we discuss Wallace's new collection of essays with an eye to how he attempts the nearly impossible task of telling the truth.
More Episodes
Louis B. Jones: Radiance
2011-06-23
2011-06-23
John Steppling on theater, 'Fever Dreams'
2011-06-16
2011-06-16
Ann Patchett: State of Wonder
2011-06-09
2011-06-09
Francine Prose: My New American Life
2011-06-02
2011-06-02
Howard Jacobson: The Finkler Question
2011-05-26
2011-05-26
Joyce Carol Oates: A Widow's Story
2011-05-19
2011-05-19
Eileen Myles: Inferno (A Poet's Novel)
2011-05-12
2011-05-12
Diane Ackerman: One Hundred Names for Love
2011-05-05
2011-05-05
Manuel Munoz: What You See in the Dark
2011-04-21
2011-04-21
Michelle Latiolais: Widow
2011-04-07
2011-04-07
Ann Beattie: The New Yorker Stories
2011-03-31
2011-03-31
Carlos Fuentes: Destiny and Desire, Part II
2011-03-24
2011-03-24
Carlos Fuentes: Destiny and Desire, Part I
2011-03-17
2011-03-17
Ralph Sassone: The Intimates
2011-03-10
2011-03-10
T.C. Boyle: When the Killing's Done
2011-02-24
2011-02-24
Tatjana Soli: The Lotus Eaters
2011-02-10
2011-02-10
Get this podcast on your
phone, FREE
