[David Foster Wallace] - The View From Mrs. Thompson's

Wallace's account of September 11 attacks as he experienced it in his hometown of Bloomington, Illinois, where he taught English at Illinois State University. Originally published in the October 25, 2001 issue of Rolling Stone.
via 'Consider the Lobster and Other Essays (2005)'.
Read by David Foster Wallace.

[@Bhuyakasha]

This got recommended to me on the 11th

[@Gaggerlotion]

Alrighty

[@OrangeKeyPoetry]

stupendous

[@travischarlebois4674]

tears!!!

[@MossshadowWarriors]

Wow!

[@ThePieManLikesPie]

It sounds like a printer after a while.

[@boatwreks]

Dwayne might b a drug dealer

[@drizzbizz9063]

Is this voiced by AI? Sounds like it, but this video was uploaded 11 years ago.

[@theo373]

Nope. Listen to other vids of DF reading. He always sounded like this.

[@owenwalker1774]

"Something called a Slipknot."
Not a metal fan, huh? Lol

[@shrimpflea]

He obviously had good taste.

[@notsocrates9529]

That is all you took away from this. Wow.

[@theburninator888]

@@notsocrates9529 they're making a joke you dingus

[@kate9341]

Помогите, пожалуйста. Он же был атеистом? Почему он в таком случае ходил в церковь? Это был какой-то социальный (или психологический) эксперимент с его стороны или он правда хотел там что-то найти для себя?

[@cyborgninjamonkey]

12 step program.

[@jamesmichaelgoodwin7957]

friend of bill w

[@LittleMew133]

... DFW's so incredibly intelligent but also incredibly cynical. That begs the question: can you be intelligent without being cynical? Can cynicism be ... just a phase, like emo?

[@alexcthe]

Intelligent but not cynical: The Doctor from Doctor Who.
In this reality? I'm still looking.

[@LittleMew133]

@@alexcthe If Holocaust survivors with 0 relatives, friends or homes left could, I'm sure we can.

[@wizardsbane]

The music they put into this is so inappropriate, it really kills the mood of the whole thing.

[@svenlittlecross]

oh come on it lasts for 30 secs at start and end... it even serves as a sorto of crescendo in the end... its hardly annoying, but guess theres always something to bitch about

[@entertain7us148]

...what music?

[@lillytally]

Agreed. Hated it.

[@owenwalker1774]

If not inappropriate it is entirely unnecessary.

[@noahbuckner8060]

Found a hipster douchebag.

[@LittleMew133]

Flags

[@user-fw8wt4qo3o]

I think this is his weakest essay honestly.