IN TODAY'S EPISODE OF BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB, WE DISCUSS ONE OF DAVID FOSTER WALLACE'S MOST FAMOUS AND INFLUENTIAL ESSAYS, E UNIBUS PLURAM: TELEVISION AND U.S. FICTION. IN THIS ESSAY, DFW DISCUSSES THE IMPACT OF TELEVISION ON FICTION, THE HISTORY OF TELEVISION AND LITERATURE, THE NATURE OF...
Published 07/07/23
IN TODAY'S EPISODE OF BIG NATE'S SHORT STORY CLUB (WHICH IS, IN FACT, HOME OF THE BEST SHORT STORY CLUBS), WE DISCUSS ONE OF THE GREAT FRANZ KAFKA'S MOST FAMOUS STORIES: A HUNGER ARTIST. AS FAR AS KAFKA GOES, THIS STORY SEEMS RELATIVELY TAME: IT APPEARS TO BE A SIMPLE STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO IS...
Published 06/15/23