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  1. Jun 26, 2024 · "This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life" is an essay by David Foster Wallace. It originates from a commencement speech he gave at Kenyon College on May 21, 2005.

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  4. Jun 29, 2024 · ― David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life

  5. Jun 30, 2024 · In his speech, called “This Is Water,” which I encourage you to read in full, he deconstructs the commencement speech form, and in so doing, gets to the heart of what the purpose of higher education really is.

  6. 6 days ago · Is This Water? | Jonny Spicer. Published July 2, 2024 in Books - 9 mins to read. Content warning: suicide. You meet someone who claims to be a prophet. You’re skeptical at first, but over time, you notice that the contrarian things he says match your lived experience.

  7. Jun 21, 2024 · David Foster Wallace was an American novelist, short-story writer, and essayist whose dense works provide a dark, often satirical analysis of American culture. Wallace was the son of a philosophy professor and an English teacher.