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As Wallace warned in the commencement speech, “Worship your intellect, being seen as smart - you will end up feeling stupid.”ĭesperate to feel good about myself, I reached for “Infinite Jest.” I wanted to feel smart again, to conquer this behemoth of a book. I was not adjusting well to life outside the warm walls of Georgian architecture and without the validation of teachers and friends. And being extremely well-read in critical theory has almost no bearing on the essential work of journalism. I attempted to postpone this entry by spending a year in a master’s program for journalism.īut New York City, where I did my journalism year, does not care how smart you are, or what your credentials are. Like most sheltered people graduating from college, I was utterly terrified of entering the real world. The first DFW piece I read was the Kenyon commencement speech, which was making the rounds as I was preparing to graduate from college in 2011. Like most David Foster Wallace fans of a certain age, I only came to know his work after his death. Facebook Email This article is more than 7 years old.
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