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
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David Foster Wallace
Entertainment What to Read
10 years later, David Foster Wallace is a journalism pioneer
With hindsight, the late author's Rolling Stone article on John McCain's 2000 campaign now looks prophetic
Tuesday, Mar 23, 2010 10:24 PM UTC 18News John McCain, R-Ariz.
David Foster Wallace lives on for an “Infinite Summer”
One giant book, 92 days, thousands of readers -- and the world's most ambitious reading group
Tuesday, Jul 14, 2009 10:20 AM UTC 34Entertainment Fiction, Summer reading
Who is the real John McCain?
From David Foster Wallace to Paul Begala, four authors trace the politician's journey from the liberal's conservative to flip-flopping hack.
Monday, Sep 29, 2008 10:39 AM UTC 83Entertainment 2008 Elections
The last days of David Foster Wallace
The people who knew the brilliant writer best talk about the crippling anxiety and spiraling depression of his torturous final weeks.
Friday, Sep 26, 2008 10:17 AM UTC 57Entertainment David Foster Wallace, R.I.P.
In memory of David Foster Wallace, 1962-2008
A tribute to the great American novelist who left us all a little less alone.
Sunday, Sep 14, 2008 5:31 PM UTC 107Entertainment David Foster Wallace, R.I.P.
The fall of the house of Pynchon
Slogging through the science and history, sex and paranoia that crowd Thomas Pynchon's cartoonish new novel, it's obvious his disciples now write better Big Idea novels than he does.
Tuesday, Nov 21, 2006 1:30 PM UTC 48Entertainment Fiction, Thomas Pynchon
Kinky sex secrets of the lobster
They're stupid, hyper-aggressive, and they turn each other on by urinating out of bladders in their heads. And David Foster Wallace got everything about them wrong.
Saturday, Sep 18, 2004 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment Nonfiction, Author Interviews
The war for the soul of literature
Two critics, one revered and the other almost universally reviled, protest that the literary world has been taken over by big, bad, "ambitious" novels.
Thursday, Jul 15, 2004 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment Fiction, Dave Eggers
The horror, the horror
David Foster Wallace delves into the heart of human darkness in his chilling new story collection.
Wednesday, Jun 30, 2004 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment Fiction, David Foster Wallace
He’s a lover — and also a hater
Dale Peck, the madman critic famous for his trash jobs on Moody, Eggers and Franzen, talks about forgiving his abusive father in his new "fictional memoir" and wonders why we can't all get along.
Friday, Dec 12, 2003 9:00 PM UTCEntertainment Fiction, Author Interviews
What’s bigger than a kazillion?
David Foster Wallace provides an entertaining tour of the mind-blowingly big numbers -- and establishes that some infinities are larger than others.
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2003 9:00 PM UTCEntertainment Nonfiction
The sound bite and the fury
Literary bad boy James Frey says Dave Eggers can eat his dust. His self-promotion is tiresome, but his addiction memoir, "A Million Little Pieces," shows he has the right stuff.
Saturday, Apr 19, 2003 7:45 PM UTCLife Jonathan Safran Foer
David Foster Wallace: Ain't McCain grand?
A postmodern literary lion slobbers all over the former candidate in Rolling Stone.
Tuesday, Apr 4, 2000 4:00 PM UTCAll Salon John McCain, R-Ariz.
“The Ex-Files: New Stories About Old Flames”
Twenty-eight writers try to figure out what we want from our ex-lovers.
Monday, Feb 14, 2000 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment David Foster Wallace, Books
A baffling man
Although David Foster Wallace doesn't act the way an author should, his brilliant new book is filled with desperation, loneliness and addiction.
Friday, May 28, 1999 4:00 PM UTCEntertainment David Foster Wallace, Books
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