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David Foster Wallace made quite a splash in 1996 with his massive novel, Infinite Jest. Now he's back with a collection of essays entitled A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again. In addition to a razor-sharp writing style, Wallace has a mercurial mind that lights on many subjects. His seven essays travel from a state fair in Illinois to a cruise ship in the Caribbean, explore how television affects literature and what makes film auteur David Lynch tick, and deconstruct deconstructionism and find the intersection between tornadoes and tennis.

These eclectic interests are enhanced by an eye (and nose) for detail: "I have seen sucrose beaches and water a very bright blue. I have seen an all-red leisure suit with flared lapels. I have smelled what suntan lotion smells like spread over 21,000 pounds of hot flesh . . ." It's evident that Wallace revels in both the life of the mind and the peculiarities of his fellows; in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again he celebrates both..
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From the supplier: Mike Diana is being charged with printing and distributing lewd and obscene material for producing his subculture publication, Boiled Angel. Boiled Angel is a small scale photocopied magazine mailed out to a few hundred adults. The publication, which belongs to the genre of zines, deals with cartoons and stories about rape, cannibalism and bestiality. The case has raised questions about the issue of freedom of speech and about the prosecution's demand for a three-year prison sentence along with a $3,000 fine.

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Title: Sure, he's no angel, but is he obscene? (case filed against Mike Diana for producing a supposedly obscene subculture publication, Boiled Angel)
Author: James Romenesko
Publication:American Journalism Review (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 1994
Publisher: University of Maryland
Volume: v16 Issue: n1 Page: p13(1)

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