science

“I always write better from a place of joy than I do from a place of discipline.” —Emily Temple, author of The Lightness

“For a while, I was most productive at night, then mornings. Now it’s just whenever there’s a moment.” —Brandon Taylor, author of Real Life

“Just opening the document each day keeps it on track.” —Rebecca Dinerstein Knight, author of Hex

In their analysis of three classic texts, two UC Berkeley Neuroscience PhD candidates created an interactive visualization of the emotional relationships between each book’s cast of characters.

David Foster Wallace’s long-awaited sixth book will arrive in bookstores next month. But it’s not what some might expect from the author of Infinite Jest and A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again.