Infinite Jest is a kind of geological cross-section of a writer and a literary culture at a moment of major upheaval.

Thirty years ago, living in Cambridge, England, I wandered into Heffers Bookshop and picked up a monstrous new novel on the display table. It had a ...

Like Cormac McCarthy, Wallace was a serious moralist with zero political vision: witness the cynical collapsing of Left and Right in Infinite Jest and the witlessly two-dimensional image it presents ...

From the age of eight Matilda Friend chased a dream of becoming one of the world's best ice dancers. At her peak she and partner William Badaoui were ranked 55 in the world. She was drawn to the ...

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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy adds a fourth member to Star Trek's elite pantheon of female Captains who have led their own Star Trek TV series. As Star Trek celebrates its 60th anniversary, it's been a ...

The year’s top artists—including Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and The Weeknd—drummed up a collective $1.9 billion in the past 12 months. And one of them became a billionaire. Last week, the 35-year-old pop ...