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The essay that the book takes its title from is particularly relevant to this discussion and freely available online: https://www.esquire.com/sports/a5151/the-s
by papa-whisky 2y ago
The essay that the book takes its title from is particularly relevant to this discussion and freely available online: https://www.esquire.com/sports/a5151/the-string-theory-david-foster-wallace/ https://www.esquire.com/sports/a5151/the-string-theory-david...
(As an aside, I'm surprised to see this in Esquire, do they still publish writing like this or was it a very different magazine "back in the day"?)
- daseiner1 2y agoCan’t comment on the current state of Esquire, but it certainly was “legit” in the past. I’ll take this opportunity to promote the classic Esquire piece “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold” https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a638/frank-sinatra-has-a-cold-gay-talese/ https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a638/frank-sinatra-has...
- duck 2y agoJust to add, they have a really great archive site: https://classic.esquire.com/ https://classic.esquire.com/
- NaOH 2y agoAnd the person in charge of Esquire Classic has a site of good long-form journalism that predates the internet. http://www.thestacksreader.com http://www.thestacksreader.com