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David Foster Wallace (February 21, 1962 – September 12, 2008) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and university professor of English and creative writing. Wallace's 1996 novel Infinite Jest was cited by Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. [1]
Jun 21, 2024 · David Foster Wallace (born February 21, 1962, Ithaca, New York, U.S.—died September 12, 2008, Claremont, California) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and essayist whose dense works provide a dark, often satirical analysis of American culture.
Sep 12, 2008 · David Foster Wallace worked surprising turns on nearly everything: novels, journalism, vacation. His life was an information hunt, collecting hows and whys.
Infinite Jest is a 1996 novel by American writer David Foster Wallace. Categorized as an encyclopedic novel, Infinite Jest is featured in Time magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005.
David Foster Wallace gave the commencement speech at Kenyon College in 2005. There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who...
The official David Foster Wallace website featuring a listing of his books along audio clips and information about his newest title, THE PALE KING.
David Foster Wallace has 133 books on Goodreads with 1210955 ratings. David Foster Wallace’s most popular book is Infinite Jest.
Sep 12, 2012 · On September 12, 2008, David Foster Wallace (February 21, 1962–September 12, 2008) was slain by depression, taking his own life and becoming a kind of patron-saint of the “tortured genius” myth of creativity.
These widely acclaimed essays from the author of Infinite Jest -- on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more -- established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation.
Oct 4, 2010 · With his infectious curiosity and trademark verbal pyrotechnics, David Foster Wallace takes us from Aristotle to Newton, Leibniz, Karl Weierstrass, and finally Georg Cantor and his set theory. Through it all, Wallace proves to be an ideal guide―funny, wry, and unfailingly enthusiastic.
