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Garth Risk Hallberg

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November 21, 1978 in The United States

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Garth Risk Hallberg, 28, lives and writes in Brooklyn. He blogs at The Millions.


Average rating: 3.73 · 26 ratings · 9 reviews · 2 distinct works
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Laura Warholic by Alexander Theroux
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Infinite Jest not only says that being human is hard work; it makes us work hard. It not only suggests we put ourselves in service to something larger than ourselves; it is one of those larger somethings. That's its rhetorical genius, and is how Wallace gets his self-help “to fly at such a high altitude”: Like AA, it is theory and praxis in a single stroke. Or: It is what it says, which may be the purest form of art.”
Garth Risk Hallberg

1766 The Wire — 93 members — last activity Mar 05, 2012 10:34am
Appreciation of The Wire and related books, particular those written by the show's writers.



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