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• A Rapper Who Loves David Foster Wallace (Song Premiere)

  
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  Minneapolis rapper Dessa--who cites David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers as influences--premieres her new song "Call Off Your Ghost" today on Speakeasy.
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• David Foster Wallace’s ‘This is Water’ Speech in Short Film

  
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  The Glossary has created a short film incorporating an abridged version of David Foster Wallace ‘s “This is Water” commencement speech. We’ve embedded the project above–what do you think? Follow this link  to listen to the address in its entirety. Wallace originally delivered this speech in 2005 during ...
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• ‘We’re the Government, Its Worst Face’, David Foster Wallace on the IRS

  
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  Were David Foster Wallace alive today, it’s a good bet that he would have had both great interest and insight into this week’s scandal at the IRS. Before Wallace’s 2008 suicide, the author spent nearly a decade working on his ultimately unfinished novel The Pale King, a mammoth, disjointed work describing the ...
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• Coffee and Oranges: Sunday Links for Readers and Writers

  
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  Complacencies of the peignoir, and late Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair… “ Sunday Morning ,” by Wallace Stevens David Foster Wallace’s Advice to College Graduates If you read or watch nothing else in this week’s list of links, devote ten minutes to this 2005 speech given by David Foster Wallace to ...
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• The Three Things, Edition 32

  
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  Welcome to 32nd edition of The Three Things, the weekly update of three links, podcasts, videos, or books you can’t miss from  Michael Schechter  ( Honora ,  A Better Mess ),  Howie Goldfarb  ( Blue Star Strategic Marketing ), and me! For those of you new to this series, The Three Things arrives in your inbox ...
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• This Is Water – an inspiring, thought-provoking call to present-mindedness

  
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  09:22 This remarkable commencement address by the late David Foster Wallace is a meditation on the frustration of daily life and the importance of perspective as explained from Wallace’s eloquent,  darkly humorous point-of-view. Wallace urges us to stop and appreciate life as it’s happening and to be aware of ...
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• David Foster Wallace’s “This is Water” 2005 Kenyon College Commencement Address

  
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  Wallace is totally the Buddha in this speech, preaching attentional choice, vigilance in looking, and imaginative awareness. It’s a shame he hit bottom in 2008 and, in the grip of a severe depression (a recurrent scourge that plagued his life), committed suicide. The world, it would seem (echoing Wordsworth), was ...
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• Wall Street Journal: “This Is Water” Commencement Speech Goes Viral on the Net

  
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  The Wall Street Journal has highlighted this commencement speech , and I thought it so good, I had to share it here with my UBC Management students. It is at least as good as Steve Jobs 2005 Stanford commencement address, and it was also given in the same year, 2005. Ironically, this commencement speech is by a ...
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• “How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it’s just words.” ~ David Foster Wallace, from The Pale King

  
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  Saturday weirdness . . . A flaky end to an off-kilter week. Corey came home yesterday. Had Olivia on Wednesday and Thursday. Kept thinking yesterday was Saturday, so today is Friday? Didn’t check my e-mail for two days, so missed the one from Corey saying he would be in port on Friday. Kept thinking […]
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• Video Snacking

  
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  THIS IS WATER – By David Foster Wallace from The Glossary on Vimeo. ~ It may seem like a “Debbie Downer” of a commencement speech, but is really quite honest and enlightening.
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• phoenixdowns:This abridged version of David Foster Wallace’s...

  
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  phoenixdowns : This abridged version of David Foster Wallace’s This Is Water, his commencement address originally given to the graduating class of Kenyon College in 2005, makes you question; Is stress the reflection of ignorance? One of the best short videos I’ve seen recently. I spoke last week about how ...
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• Star Wars Kid and Who We Are On the Internet

  
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  Its the end of our first week back, and I want to thank everyone for reading The Burnsiders return. You may have noticed that our tone here is a little more aggressive than the average Christian blog. Thats by design. Over the last few years I havent been blogging, Ive been heavily influenced by the writing at ...
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• David Foster Wallace Commencement Video Goes Viral

  
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  in 2005, novelist David Foster Wallace delivered whats arguably the best commencement speech ever. Five years after his death, a video of the address has gone viral. Watch the clip.
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• Famous commencement speech turned short film inspires

  
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  David Foster Wallaces 2005 "This is Water" commencement speech gained traction after his passing 2008, now becoming a short film about the struggle of adulthood. Follow The American Genius on Facebook for exclusive & breaking business stories Get more Business News at AGBeat
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• David Foster Wallace’s This is Water Turns Viral Video

  
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  The L.A.-based production house The Glossary created this homage to writer David Foster Wallace, condensing and illustrating his celebrated Kenyon College commencement speech into nine or so minutes — and scoring over two million YouTube views in the process. Comprised of director Matthew Freidell and producers ...
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• Are you living your life like This is Water? A cinematic contribute to David Foster Wallace

  
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  The Last Degree Pin It It takes a special video to hold my attention for long. Today I watched the video to the speech This is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life is an essay by David Foster Wallace You are right I had not heard of David Foster ...
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• THIS IS WATER – By David Foster Wallace

  
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  Just fabulous .
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• This is Water (abridged speech) - David Foster Wallace

  
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  For the full text of the speech: http://www.businessinsider.com/david-foster-wallace-graduation-speech-2013-5
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• David Foster Wallace’s Commencement Speech “This is Water,” Remixed in a Short Video

  
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  David Foster Wallace’s 2005 commencement speech “This is water,” also known as “ The Truth With A Whole Lot Of Rhetorical Bullshit Pared Away ,” is remembered as one of the best commencement speeches of all time. After DFW’s tragic death the speech, thanks to some new attention, took on a life of its own ...
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• Great video on the importance of awareness and how you can train...

  
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  Great video on the importance of awareness and how you can train your brain to see the world in different shades.
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