David Foster Wallace

Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 11:29 PM UTC

David Foster Wallace, mathematician

He's long been celebrated for his fiction's grotesque hyperrealism, but few acknowledge its bold use of fractals

Kyle McCarthy, LA Review of Books Topics: David Foster Wallace, literature, LA Review of Books, math, Infinite Jest, Fractals

Monday, Nov 26, 2012 4:15 PM UTC

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

Laurie Winer, LA Review of Books Topics: David Foster Wallace, depression, LA Review of Books, Every Love Story is a Ghost Story, D.T. Max

Monday, Nov 12, 2012 7:43 PM UTC

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

James Camp Topics: Rachel Cusk, Mary Karr, Claire Bloom, Benjamin Anastas, Breakups, Memoir, literature, Philip Roth, David Foster Wallace, Catherine Texier

Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012 12:56 PM UTC

Ten emerging writers win $50K Whiting Awards

The award is given to 10 authors, poets and playwrights every year

Associated Press Topics: Writers, Awards, literature, Jeffrey Eugenides, David Foster Wallace, whiting awards

Saturday, Oct 20, 2012 9:00 PM UTC

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"

Emily Keeler, The New Inquiry 18 Topics: Infinite Jest, Zadie Smith, literature, The New Inquiry, Jonathan Franzen, David Foster Wallace, NW

Thursday, Sep 13, 2012 7:58 PM UTC

Behind the David Foster Wallace myth

The audiobook of D.T. Max's new biography makes a sad ending all the more shocking

Kyle Minor Topics: The Listener, Books, Audio Books, David Foster Wallace

Friday, Sep 7, 2012 4:20 PM UTC

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

Gerald Howard 85 Topics: Books, David Foster Wallace, Bret Easton Ellis, Twitter, Infinte Jest, Less Than Zero

Thursday, Sep 6, 2012 3:32 PM UTC

Bret Easton Ellis hates David Foster Wallace

The "American Psycho" author took to Twitter to attack a venerated -- and deceased -- American writer

Prachi Gupta 47 Topics: Twitter, David Foster Wallace, Bret Easton Ellis, Writers, Writers and Writing

Monday, Sep 3, 2012 10:00 PM UTC

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

Scott Timberg 13 Topics: David Foster Wallace

Monday, Jul 23, 2012 1:00 AM UTC

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

David Daley 21 Topics: Books, Jon Stewart, Sarah Palin, Stephen Colbert, Portlandia, Dave Eggers, David Foster Wallace, Wes Anderson

Thursday, Jun 28, 2012 12:00 AM UTC

It’s good to be pretentious!

Hipster irony and right-wing anti-intellectualism both dumb the culture down. We must defend difficult, complex art

Ian Stansel 61 Topics: Culture, Dave Eggers, David Foster Wallace, Richard Linklater, Radiohead, Jennifer Egan, A Visit From The Goon Squad, Art

Monday, Feb 20, 2012 10:00 PM UTC

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

Daniel B. Roberts 14 Topics: David Foster Wallace, Editor's Picks, Nonfiction