Ticket to the Fair by David Foster Wallace

Подписаться 1,5 тыс.

Просмотров 15 тыс.

50% 1

David Foster Wallace's report of the Illionois State Fair. One of my favourite David Foster Wallace essays, Ticket to the Fair.
Here is a link to the article: harpers.org/wp-content/uploads...
You can find other David Foster Wallace essays here: www.openculture.com/2012/02/2...
Unfortunately the background noise on some of the days of recording was a bit distracting, but I hope you can still enjoy!

Опубликовано:

29 июл 2020

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 41

@carolyndewey8625 9 месяцев назад

This is the second time I've heard DFW say that he was the only person in a T-shirt and that he forgot to bring a notebook. The other time was on a cruise ship.

@NASkeywest 2 года назад

I love how DFW is meant to go interview the top dogs for these pieces but ends up not actually interviewing anyone and just observing.

@nathanbranson9149 3 года назад

19:59 This is one of my favorite parts of the essays where he describes the disconnect he has with eating meat and simultaneously feeling sorry for the animals in their pens.

@Kuyarani1229 2 года назад

I have to read this for my Lyric Essay graduate course tomorrow and absolutely didn't have the time for it-so I'm really glad I can listen to this on my commute! Thanks for posting this, your reading voice is so good! Consider me subscribed to your channel. 😊

@Trey_1234 3 года назад

hey dude, thanks for the audiobook, I wasn't expecting to find one but I needed to read this for college so I appreciate it

@Pallettown 3 года назад

One of my earliest recordings so prob not the best, but happy it could help brother!

@johnnycreighton29 2 года назад

@@Pallettown I really like your reading voice. Very good. For a brief few weeks, I read written material as it was recorded for the blind, at the studios operated by former radio announcer Hap Hapgood, who himself was blind. There's much more to reading than one might think.

@chocolatewheelchair 7 месяцев назад

I love how all these kids in college are supposed to read but they can’t be bothered and just listen to the RU-vid video in-between bites of a cheese burger while boldy t-shirted.

@nicholasshipley34 Год назад

Gold. Ad free. No ads. A blessing.

@Pallettown Год назад

Thanks! Will hope to do more

@nicholasshipley34 9 месяцев назад

@@Pallettowngotta ditch the ads man. I love your work but I'm not gonna listen to an essay stuffed full of ads. Please get rid of them

@Pallettown 9 месяцев назад

@@nicholasshipley34 ok thanks for the feedback. My channel just got monetized this week and wasn’t sure how the ads would work out. I’ve turned off the ads during the videos but there will still be ads before and after the video. If that’s still annoying I can turn off the non-shippable ads before the video

@nicholasshipley34 9 месяцев назад

Thank you! Yeah ads before videos aren't an issue I just put your vids on at work or doing things around the house where I can't be skipping ads during videos all the time. Really appreciate your work!

@chocolatewheelchair 7 месяцев назад

RU-vid premium Wallace

@Pallettown 3 года назад

Thanks for listening! Let me know what you would like to hear next.

@bathwindow Год назад

Great read PTR. Enjoyed thoroughly.

@aidenhall5301 9 месяцев назад

You have no idea how much this is saving me rn. Thank you so much!

@eddiealfaro111 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for the videos u have made. You actually sound like him. He writes so casually it's easy to not realize how great he is, just like tennis players on tv. I got into tennis from the videos u made.

@Pallettown 11 месяцев назад

I agree, he makes it seem so effortless. His writing on tennis is fascinating. This was one of my first recordings and one of my favourites. Thanks for listening!

@Maggdusa 27 дней назад

You're awesome.

@Pallettown 27 дней назад

Thank you! My very first super thanks! You’re awesome 😊

@dwanderful1 3 года назад

Great fantastic job reading thanks

@Pallettown 3 года назад

Thanks!

@dyowe518 3 года назад

Thank you 🙏

@TaisiiaFlorida2024 3 месяца назад

❤❤❤

@petertomasi7587 3 года назад

These recordings are fantastic; thanks! Would you consider doing DFW's essay on David Lynch?

@Pallettown 3 года назад

I've always enjoyed that one, and it is on my list of essays to do next!

@petertomasi7587 2 года назад

Awesome; looking forward to it!

@daber2000 Месяц назад

Wow Native Companion rocks!

@iambecomepaul 3 месяца назад

“PIE-uht” county. DFW woulda known that.

@LittleMew133 5 месяцев назад

40:00

@shreyaroka1551 3 года назад

Is this dfw himself speaking?

@usererror7007 3 года назад

Nah. He has a really idiosyncratic voice

@YodasPapa 2 года назад

"implacable" has a hard "k" sound and all shourt vowel sounds. -unable to be stopped; relentless.

@Pallettown 2 года назад

Thanks!

@CasperLCat 2 года назад

Tattooed carnie folk and obese Americans were curiosities only about 25 years ago. The good old days.

@LittleMew133 5 месяцев назад

Ero-stocism XD

@KatJ3st 3 года назад

Talk a little slower. Feel each sentence. It'll e a gamechanger for success.

@pod9363 2 года назад

He’lll be ok. I like how he reads.

@johnnycreighton29 2 года назад

I'm sad and a little puzzled that there are no wishes for DFW to rest in peace, no expression of condolences. Why is this? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Foster_Wallace

@burtfiasco 8 месяцев назад

instead of wondering why the rest of humanity failed to meet your standards you could have just expressed these sentiments yourself. You are sad and puzzled for no reason whatsoever. Your comment is epic, though.