tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post3940172941539888827..comments2024-03-01T10:16:11.283-08:00Comments on AmericanStudies: June 4, 2014: AmericanStudies Beach Reads: PersonalsAmericanStudierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06483077716534996778noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post-89058489541341161892014-06-04T18:07:51.715-07:002014-06-04T18:07:51.715-07:00Enjoying both your recommendations and your commen...Enjoying both your recommendations and your comments, AnneMarie!AmericanStudierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06483077716534996778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post-33585723813944094762014-06-04T18:05:54.682-07:002014-06-04T18:05:54.682-07:00Okay, last one and then I piss off forever, I prom...Okay, last one and then I piss off forever, I promise!<br />Have you ever wanted to read a series of essays at the beach which answered the all important questions of porn industry award ceremonies and what the frack is up with John Updike anyways? Do you want to be that person on the beach reading an amazingly funny set of essays that also make you want to jump into the ocean and drown yourself? You're in luck! David Foster Wallace's Consider the Lobster is waiting for you!<br />Essays run from the safe and witty diatribe on the evolution of vernacular language (ala Noam Chomsky but slightly less... pedantic) to a heavily, hilariously, footnoted essay on the porn industry (it gets really depressing and gross). I won't say anymore about the other essays, but trust me, you will not eat any lobster rolls this summer.englishteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04295473633173919203noreply@blogger.com