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10 October 2011

"'Cause an English major will get me, like, any gig that I want"

John Krasinski educates Diablo Cody, author, about David Foster Wallace.
Posted by Ellen at 8:25 AM
Labels: david foster wallace, diablo cody

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No Down PaymentThe Use and Abuse of LiteratureThe Routes of Man: How Roads Are Changing the World, and the Way We Live TodayRolling Nowhere: Riding the Rails with America's HoboesCoyotes: A Journey Through the Secret World of America's Illegal AliensA Fierce Radiance

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