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30. Apr. 2024 · Notable Works: “Infinite Jest”. “The Broom of the System”. “The Pale King”. 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 ...
11. Mai 2024 · The first thing that struck me about the suicide of David Foster Wallace, after the initial catatonic sadness, was my complete verbal inadequacy to describe anything about it. Our obituaries, next ...
27. Apr. 2024 · David Foster Wallace was born February 21, 1962, in Ithaca, New York. His father, James Wallace, is a philosophy professor at the University of Illinois, and his mother, Sally Foster Wallace, is an instructor in English at Parkland College, a community college in Champaign, Illinois. Amy Wallace Havens, Wallace's younger sister, practices law in Tucson, Arizona. Wallace married artist Karen ...
16. Mai 2024 · No views 1 minute ago. The always-insightful Matthew Pegas joined us in the Dark Room to discuss David Foster Wallace, "Something About Paying Attention," and DFW's methods for surviving the...
Vor 5 Tagen · DFW on the NFL speech controversy. "Oh, we'll invoke lush clichés about the lonely heroism of Olympic athletes, the pain and analgesia of football, the early rising and hours of practice and restricted diets, the preflight celibacy, et cetera. But the actual facts of the sacrifices repel us when we see them: basketball geniuses who cannot read ...
28. Apr. 2024 · UPDATE: 3/26/24. The 2024 International David Foster Wallace Conference in Austin will begin on the afternoon Thursday, June 6, at the Harry Ransom Center. Join us for a conversation with featured speaker Amy Wallace-Havens, Thursday, June 6, 4-6pm. Note: this event is free and open to the public.
14. Mai 2024 · Understanding the Water We Swim In: A Mental Health Journey. by Josh Carney | May 14, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion. Stock Photo Illustration (Credit: Jeremy Bishop/Unsplash/https://tinyurl.com/4eenm76a) In his now famous commencement speech given at Kenyon College in May of 2005, the late David Foster Wallace opened with this parable ...
