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...calls itself 'Infinite Jest' (Little, Brown; $29.95) is doubly intimidating. First there is its length. Second, the title itself hints that the joke may be on the reader. By definition, infinite means no punchline. Yet David Foster Wallace's send-up is worth the effort, says TIME's R.Z. Sheppard. "There is generous intelligence and authentic passion on every page, even the overwritten ones where the author seems to have had a fit of graphomania. Characters and events are propelled by a distinctive prose that frequently mixes teenage trash talk and intellectual abstraction, a Bevis-and-Egghead style that should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Infinite Jest | 2/9/1996 | See Source »

...Sheppard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: GENERATION EXECRABLE | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

...Returnees: Karen Goetze '97, Jenny Martin '97, Cricket Sheppard-Sawyer...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Harriers Take it Step by Step | 9/13/1995 | See Source »

...Only Sheppard-Sawyer's health is a cause for concern, as she is currently recovering from a appendectomy she had in August...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Harriers Take it Step by Step | 9/13/1995 | See Source »

...women don't have many question marks. Goetze, now a junior, finished first in last year's Harvard-Yale-Princeton triangle, leading the Crimson to its first victory in that meet since 1986. There's also sophomore Margaret Angell and juniors Martin, Cricket Sheppard-Sawyer and Jessica Mikszewski, all of whom finished...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Harriers Take it Step by Step | 9/13/1995 | See Source »

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