Infinite Jest is a kind of geological cross-section of a writer and a literary culture at a moment of major upheaval.

Thirty years ago, living in Cambridge, England, I wandered into Heffers Bookshop and picked up a monstrous new novel on the display table. It had a ...

Like Cormac McCarthy, Wallace was a serious moralist with zero political vision: witness the cynical collapsing of Left and Right in Infinite Jest and the witlessly two-dimensional image it presents ...

A must-read for Demon Slayer fans: ages, heights, and birthdays of the series' most iconic characters!

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New Balance is entering football, the American kind, with a new line of high-performance cleats. Surprisingly, it’s a first for the nearly 120-year-old label who has roots in New England, which ...

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