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David Foster Wallace

  1. dfw
    David Foster Wallace’s Private Papers SoldCongrats, University of Texas’s Harry Ransom Center.
    By Amos Barshad
  2. chat room
    John Krasinski on Adapting DFW“I was scared people would think I was doing this only to get away from ‘The Office,’ to be super-dark and cerebral.”
    By Michael Idov
  3. trailer mix
    Brief Interviews With Hideous Men Trailer: John Krasinski to Make You Look Bad, AgainLook out, fellas.
    By Lane Brown
  4. you saw it here first
    Vulture Premieres the Poster for John Krasinski’s Brief Interviews With Hideous MenSee the poster!
    By Lane Brown
  5. the industry
    Evan Rachel Wood and Alan Cumming Swing Onto BroadwayPlus: DFW’s second biography is a go.
    By Amos Barshad
  6. book report
    Anderson on the Ultimate Summer ReadA web-wide book club is discussing ‘Infinite Jest’ from now until September.
    By Sam Anderson
  7. books
    Which David Foster Wallace Biography Proposal Sold and Which One Didn’t?The answer might surprise you.
    By Mark Graham
  8. good reads
    What It Was Like to Edit David Foster WallaceA great interview with Glenn Kenny, who worked with DFW on three pieces for ‘Premiere’ in the mid-nineties.
    By Mark Graham
  9. dfw
    Anderson: Wrestling With the Mini-Biography of David Foster WallaceOur book critic is of two minds about an epic ‘New Yorker’ article on the life and death of David Foster Wallace.
    By Sam Anderson
  10. david foster wallace
    Will David Foster Wallace’s The Pale King Be the Most Boring Book Ever?It’s about boredom, for God’s sake!
    By Lane Brown
  11. sad
    David Foster Wallace’s Family Speaks’We’re not angry at him. Not at all. We just miss him.’
    By Amos Barshad
  12. dfw
    What Was David Foster Wallace Like As a Teacher?A former student has posted the syllabus from his 2005 Pomona College Literary Interpretation class.
    By Amos Barshad
  13. baseless rumors
    The ‘Infinite Jest’ Screenplay: Real, Sort Of!Sadly, David Foster Wallace had nothing to do with it.
    By Amos Barshad
  14. Did David Foster Wallace Leave Behind an Unfinished Novel?Probably, according to various friends, agents, and publishers!
    By Amos Barshad
  15. baseless rumors
    Is There an ‘Infinite Jest’ Movie in the Works?That’s what unconfirmed reports on various Websites say!
    By Amos Barshad
  16. obit
    Sam Anderson Remembers David Foster WallaceLots of public figures organize their work around the demons that eventually take them down, but few of them ever do so with the apparent wisdom and self-awareness Wallace did.
    By Sam Anderson
  17. obit
    David Foster Wallace Dies at 46The ‘Infinite Jest’ author took his own life over the weekend.
    By Lane Brown