From the essay A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again ( Read more... )

All this week I'll be posting from DFW's books I love as a bit of a tribute. We start with an excerpt from his essay about going to the Illinois state fair  titled "Getting Away from Already Being Pretty Much Away from It All."

One big girl with tattoos and a heavy-diapered infant wears a T-shirt that says ‘WARNING: I GO FROM 0 TO HORNEY IN 2.5 ( Read more... )