David foster wallace

How the author of Infinite Jest became the center of a self-help cult.

In "This Is Water," David Foster Wallace offers thoughts on living a compassionate life. Jessica Hagy beautifully illustrates them here.

This is water. By david foster wallace.

Photo courtesy of Claudia Sherman. The term 'creative nonfiction' has picked up a great deal of traction over the past decade — perhaps too much, depending upon how valid or invalid you find it.

I edited both authors when they were starting out and can attest that the enmity between the two goes back decades

"Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace is an anti-drug anthem disguised as a postmodern parable. The book's theme goes beyond mere chemical dependency to condemn our age's enslavement to the screen. Wallace's groundbreaking art parallels his own tragic life.

#Repost @_poetic.outlaws_ —— “We're all lonely for something we don't know we're lonely for. How else to explain the curious feeling that goes around feeling like missing somebody we've never even met?” ― David Foster Wallace #davidfosterwallace

The Harry Ransom Center shares some of the titles in the libraries of David Foster Wallace, James Joyce, Nancy Cunard, and other writers. Plus, Richard Oram on what we can learn from these private collections.