David Foster Wallace
Wikipedia: Sources Reprint of "The Weasel, Twelve Monkeys and the Shrub", Wallace's effusive portrait of presidential candidate John McCain in Rolling Stone magazine (for a satire of this article, see Bill Wyman's "David Foster Wallace: Ain't McCain Grand?", in Salon).
David Foster Wallace's struggle to surpass Infinite Jest : The New Yorker
LIFE AND LETTERS about David Foster Wallace and his unfinished novel, 'The Pale King.' The writer David Foster Wallace committed suicide on September 12th of last year.
David Foster Wallace: An Appreciation by David Gates - Newsweek.com
When the news came that David Foster Wallace, only 46-years old, had hanged himself in his home in California, I opened his masterpiece, the 1996 novel "Infinite Jest," at random and happened to land on a scene in which a recovering drug addict recalls a childhood moment of existential dread.
David Foster Wallace - Bookworm on KCRW
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays (Little, Brown) David Foster Wallace insists on a conversation where what can be said must be said honestly (along.
David Foster Wallace - Wikiquote
David Foster Wallace (21 February 1962 – 12 September 2008) was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. You can help Wikiquote by expanding it. And surely not because death seems suddenly appealing. Make no mistake about people who leap from burning windows.
Writer David Foster Wallace found dead - latimes.com
David Foster Wallace, the novelist, essayist and humorist best known for his 1996 novel "Infinite Jest," was found dead Friday night at his home in Claremont, according to the Claremont Police Department. "He was hands-on with his students. He cared deeply about them.
Remembering David Foster Wallace: 'David Would Never Stop Caring' Says Lifelong Agent | The...
In Pub Crawl today we have an item about the book David Foster Wallace was working on at the time of his death. She told us a lot of other things too, and because we couldn't fit it all into the paper, we thought we'd share it here. In Pub Crawl today we have an item about the book David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace Dead of Suicide at 46 - david foster wallace - Gawker
David Foster Wallace Dead of Suicide at 46. Police have confirmed to Gawker that David Foster Wallace, novelist and essayist, was found dead of an apparent suicide in his home in Claremont, California, where he was a professor at Pomona College. Police have confirmed to Gawker that David Foster Wallace
The Modern Word - David Foster Wallace's "Oblivion"
(Marie Mundaca is currently at work on a David Foster Wallace page for The Modern Word’s Scriptorium) In David Foster Wallace’ David Foster Wallace Page – Currently just a page of Wallace links, Marie Mundaca will expand this into a full Scriptorium page in late 2004.
David Foster Wallace (Harper's Magazine)
David Foster Wallace. September 1989. As little as $16.97 for 12 months of Harper's—.
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