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The first study of the Fort Worth Narcotic Farm, an institution that played a critical …
Seems particularly salient after reading this short review from the Texas Observer (@observer@texasobserver.social) and in light of RFK Jr's proposal for rehabilitation farms.
www.texasobserver.org/inside-fort-worths-narcotic-farm-experiment/
Hi all! I’m looking for interesting accounts that talk sometimes about #LiteraryCriticism, or maybe other #literature and #CriticalTheory-based accounts. I’ve tried searching for authors I like, but haven’t had a huge amount of luck beyond finding posts. I’m especially looking for #SciFi criticism, but am curious about a lot of other genres too. Some other things I like are #DFW, #MarkFisher, #PKD, #BeckyChambers, #Solarpunk, #Cyberpunk, #Existentialism, #ArabLit, #Metamodernism. TY!
Great profile
The great Ben Fountain left Dallas, but Dallas may never let him go
Hailed as a genius and beloved for his generosity, the award-winning novelist has moved from the city he helped the rest of us understand.
RIP to an absolute real one, Dr. Allan Saxe of UTA, who just passed away. He gave away around $2.5 million in his life— $500k from an inheritance & the rest from his liberal arts professor's salary (about half of it each year). The most entertaining teacher I've ever had, and that's saying something! #dfw
Here's a talk he gave, which should be required viewing for #billionaires. 👇
And a Thriller parody video he made (next toot 👇👇), which should be required for everyone 😂
https://youtu.be/jI1bCWGbvnY?si=-3yylET_BEKW4eky
"Infinite Jest in particular is like a house party to which he's invited all of his professors. Thomas Pynchon is in the kitchen, opening a can of expired tuna with his teeth."
Patricia Lockwood on David Foster Wallace 😙 👌 https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n14/patricia-lockwood/where-be-your-jibes-now #writing #PatriciaLockwood #books #bookstodon #literature #DFW
Here's an old post of mine for any #DFW fans out there, about the time I read
#InfiniteJest on an iPad in a Kayapó village of the Amazon and received a visitation from the Wraith himself:
"Indigenous societies like the Kayapó, with their powerful sense of group identity and collective purpose reinforced through spectacular public ceremonies, would appear immune to -- even an antidote to -- the kind of mental, electronic and pharmaceutical 'cages' that are central to Infinite Jest."
https://ethnoground.blogspot.com/2013/02/rainforest-wraith-reading-david-foster.html
Infinite Tiktok:
"Once AI can create endless viral videos, good luck switching off social media. Imagine humans… watching humans…watching TikTok… forever"
#DFW #infinitejest fans on @bookstodon might appreciate this article by @mpesce on #AI generated brain candy
https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/08/generative_ai_viral_video/
