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Slate's Audio Book Club: Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace

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The Gift of Analytical Narrative

The writer's gift is like analysis, not fiction writing as we think of it. He says he has a problem with concision and communicating what needs to be said in a brisk, efficient way. "I do feel like women don't write books like this," she adds. 'There are endless pages of gags that stick in my head'

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