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
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 14John Ziegler's "Today" show appearance reminds its viewers of a classic magazine profile VIDEO
Monday, Mar 25, 2013 9:17 PM UTCWhat makes us read and write when it is harder than ever to "only connect"? Examining our relationships with books
Saturday, Feb 9, 2013 12:30 AM UTCThe 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 UTCHe'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 UTCSince 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 UTCDavid 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 UTCThe award is given to 10 authors, poets and playwrights every year
Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012 12:56 PM UTCZadie 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 18The audiobook of D.T. Max's new biography makes a sad ending all the more shocking
Thursday, Sep 13, 2012 7:58 PM UTCI 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 85The "American Psycho" author took to Twitter to attack a venerated -- and deceased -- American writer
Thursday, Sep 6, 2012 3:32 PM UTC 47David 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 13We 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 21Hipster 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 61There'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 14A biographer thinks he'd be wowed by the Decemberists' "Infinite Jest" tribute
Wednesday, Aug 24, 2011 3:25 PM UTCHappy Foot/Sad Foot has captured the imagination of David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Lethem and others
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 1:01 AM UTC 13In his final novel, the great writer tackles humanity's most dreaded foe: Boredom
Monday, Apr 11, 2011 1:01 AM UTC 79A young writer spent five intense days with the author of "Infinite Jest." Here's what they talked about
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