David foster wallace

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

This is water. By david foster wallace.

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

Samuel Beckett had a Gucci bag; Dorothy Parker worked for Vogue. A new book on writers’ style uncovers the hidden links between clothes and prose

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

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.

Sold - Jennie Ottinger Infinite Jest Gouache on paper (cover) Summarized and hollowed book 6 x 9 inches

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.