Claire Messud to Publishers Weekly: “What kind of question is that?”
Do you like Jonathan Franzen's characters? David Foster Wallace's? Roth? Then stop asking Claire Messud about hers
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 2:47 PM UTC 14Life Books, Claire Messud
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David Foster Wallace had Sandusky’s interviewer right
John Ziegler's "Today" show appearance reminds its viewers of a classic magazine profile VIDEO
Monday, Mar 25, 2013 9:17 PM UTCEntertainment Video, David Foster Wallace
David Shields: Literature saved my life!
What makes us read and write when it is harder than ever to "only connect"? Examining our relationships with books
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The best author profile you’ll read this week
The New York Times' feature on George Saunders will restore your faith in writers and their place in the culture
Monday, Jan 21, 2013 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment The Weeklings, George Saunders
David Foster Wallace, mathematician
He's long been celebrated for his fiction's grotesque hyperrealism, but few acknowledge its bold use of fractals
Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 11:29 PM UTCEntertainment David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace: Defining voice of depression?
Since the days of Sophocles, writers have been searching for a language for melancholy. Foster Wallace found it VIDEO
Monday, Nov 26, 2012 4:15 PM UTCEntertainment David Foster Wallace
Your breakup is boring
David Foster Wallace was inspired to write about a breakup. So are a lot of memoirists. It's not always worth it
Monday, Nov 12, 2012 7:43 PM UTCEntertainment Rachel Cusk, Mary Karr
Ten emerging writers win $50K Whiting Awards
The award is given to 10 authors, poets and playwrights every year
Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012 12:56 PM UTCEntertainment Writers, Awards, literature
Literary realism is dead
Zadie Smith's "NW" charts a bold new path for the novel and offers its readers a unique brand of "authenticity"
Saturday, Oct 20, 2012 9:00 PM UTC 18Life Infinite Jest, Zadie Smith
Behind the David Foster Wallace myth
The audiobook of D.T. Max's new biography makes a sad ending all the more shocking
Thursday, Sep 13, 2012 7:58 PM UTCEntertainment The Listener, Books, Audio Books
I know why Bret Easton Ellis hates David Foster Wallace
I edited both authors when they were starting out and can attest that the enmity between the two goes back decades
Friday, Sep 7, 2012 4:20 PM UTC 85Entertainment Books, David Foster Wallace
Bret Easton Ellis hates David Foster Wallace
The "American Psycho" author took to Twitter to attack a venerated -- and deceased -- American writer
Thursday, Sep 6, 2012 3:32 PM UTC 47Life Twitter, David Foster Wallace
D.T. Max discusses David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace was the most exciting writer of his generation. A new biography examines his troubled life
Monday, Sep 3, 2012 10:00 PM UTC 13Entertainment David Foster Wallace
What binds Palin and Stewart?
We yearn for sincerity, on both sides of the aisle, even though we know it's all a game. An expert explains why
Monday, Jul 23, 2012 1:00 AM UTC 21Entertainment Books, Jon Stewart, Sarah Palin
It’s good to be pretentious!
Hipster irony and right-wing anti-intellectualism both dumb the culture down. We must defend difficult, complex art
Thursday, Jun 28, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 61Entertainment Culture, Dave Eggers
Consider David Foster Wallace, journalist
There's more to DFW than "Infinite Jest." On what would've been his 50th birthday, it's time to honor his reporting
Monday, Feb 20, 2012 10:00 PM UTC 14Life David Foster Wallace
Would David Foster Wallace like this video?
A biographer thinks he'd be wowed by the Decemberists' "Infinite Jest" tribute
Wednesday, Aug 24, 2011 3:25 PM UTCEntertainment David Foster Wallace, Books
How a podiatrist sign became a literary icon
Happy Foot/Sad Foot has captured the imagination of David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Lethem and others
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 1:01 AM UTC 13Entertainment David Foster Wallace
“The Pale King”: David Foster Wallace’s last battle
In his final novel, the great writer tackles humanity's most dreaded foe: Boredom
Monday, Apr 11, 2011 1:01 AM UTC 79Entertainment What to Read
Road trip with David Foster Wallace
A young writer spent five intense days with the author of "Infinite Jest." Here's what they talked about
Sunday, Apr 4, 2010 11:01 PM UTC 39Entertainment What to Read
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