Tag Archives: Apocalypse

Revelation and Southland Tales

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

So the first thing that caught my attention was the whole ‘end of the world’ bit. The idea of the world ending frightens and intrigues me. The book made me want to reread the book of Revelation. I found so much humor … Continue reading →

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David Foster Wallace on “Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way”

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

“My idea in ‘Westward’ was to do with metafiction what Moore’s poetry or like DeLillo’s Libra had done with other mediated myths. I wanted to get the Armageddon-explosion, the goal metafiction’s always been about, I wanted to get it over … Continue reading →

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