David Lipsky
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
xxxii, 320 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Shares the author's travels with the late David Foster Wallace based on interviews from the 1996 "Infinite Jest" book tour, covering such topics as Wallace's literary process, struggles with fame, and battle with mental illness.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xiv, 480 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"The New York Times best-selling author explores how 'anti-science' became so virulent in American life— through a history of climate denial and its consequences. In 1956, the New York Times prophesied that once global warming really kicked in, we could see parrots in the Antarctic. In 2010, when science deniers had control of the climate story, Senator James Inhofe and his family built an igloo on the Washington Mall and plunked a sign on top:...