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  1. fs.blog › david-foster-wallace-this-is-waterThis is Water by David Foster Wallace (Full Transcript and Audio)

    The speech was made into a thin book titled This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life. Wallace hits on our need to manage rather than remove our core hard-wired human instincts.

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  2. www.amazon.com › This-Water-Delivered-SignificantThis Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion...

    Apr 14, 2009 · In this rare peak into the personal life of the author of numerous bestselling novels, gain an understanding of David Foster Wallace and how he became the man that he was. Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College.

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  4. www.goodreads.com › book › showThis Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion...

    Jan 1, 2009 · This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life. David Foster Wallace. 4.48. 33,532 ratings2,987 reviews. Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College.

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  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › This_Is_WaterThis Is Water - Wikipedia

    This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life is an essay by David Foster Wallace. The text originates from a commencement speech Wallace gave at Kenyon College on May 21, 2005.

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  6. archive.org › details › thisiswatersomet0000wallThis is water : some thoughts, delivered on a significant...

    Oct 15, 2021 · This is water : some thoughts, delivered on a significant occasion about living a compassionate life. by. Wallace, David Foster. Publication date. 2009. Topics. Education, Humanistic, Conduct of life. Publisher.

  7. www.amazon.com › This-Water-Delivered-SignificantThis Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion...

    Mar 31, 2009 · This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life Kindle Edition. by David Foster Wallace (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.6 2,360 ratings. See all formats and editions. Great on Kindle. Great Experience. Great Value. Enjoy a great reading experience when you buy the Kindle edition of this book.

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  8. www.hachettebookgroup.com › titles › david-foster-wallaceThis Is Water by David Foster Wallace | Hachette Book Group

    The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in This is Water. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? The speech captures Wallace’s electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others.