tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13166465.post6286491531236166103..comments2023-06-13T10:12:19.364-04:00Comments on WORMBOOK: Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15621027650985696321noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13166465.post-9957155947121459852011-08-26T10:02:36.103-04:002011-08-26T10:02:36.103-04:00So cynical, but so true. I really do wonder what D...So cynical, but so true. I really do wonder what David Foster Wallace would say about becoming the de-facto target for all sorts of critical canards.theoncominghopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471519506797609837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13166465.post-86123642270566318992011-08-26T09:47:09.673-04:002011-08-26T09:47:09.673-04:00I like your point that there is no single "bl...I like your point that there is no single "blog style" that governs Internet discourse. It's odd that someone who blogs as much as she does (and well!) would make that kind of error -- I would expect that more of a Sam Tanenhaus or Bill Keller.<br /><br />And to take a more cynical view, the editors had to know that if they brought David Foster Wallace into it, it would be a huge traffic driver, as opposed to saying that this is happening without naming a particular offender or leader.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621027650985696321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13166465.post-91341728509218030702011-08-26T08:31:54.629-04:002011-08-26T08:31:54.629-04:00I feel like blogs were established directly in opp...I feel like blogs were established directly in opposition to the "serious" writing that Newton espouses, which doesn't actually make it less serious. In fact, I find stream-of-consciousness blogging to generally be more sincere and more revelatory about the writer than the sort of "opinions" you get in the NY Times.<br /><br />I couldn't resist wading into this debate.<br /><br />On Maud Newton vs. David Foster Wallace and "folksiness." http://theoncominghope.blogspot.com/2011/08/on-maud-newton-vs.htmltheoncominghopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471519506797609837noreply@blogger.com