15 Great David Foster Wallace Quotes
Today would have been the 51st birthday of David Foster Wallace if not for his tragic death in 2008. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the Day, BooksThe Pale King by David Foster Wallace
The graying prince... read more
Found in: Books, ReviewsAustin L. Ray's Greatest Hits: The Paste Years, Volume 1
Or: Some Retrospective Navel Gazing From Which Probably Not Enough Has Been Removed So, this is my final List of the Day for Paste. This is also my final full-time week with the publication, and while I’m excited to be moving on to new things, it’s going to be weird not editing the majority of the content on this site, writing a list every week, poring over reader feedback, running meetings with interns and doing all the myriad things I’ve grown so accustomed to doing over the past five years.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayDavid Foster Wallace's Unfinished Book Now With Cover and Release Date
The New York Times reported this Tuesday that publishing outfit Little, Brown & Co. revealed jacket art for The Pale King, the incomplete novel that David Foster Wallace was working on when he took his life two years ago.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsLiterary Fan Compiles Exhaustive David Foster Wallace Audio Archive Online
Late author David Foster Wallace (who most notably brought us the mammoth 1,079-page novel Infinite Jest) is remembered not only via his myriad brilliant writings, but also through a vast collection of audio recordings including interviews and readings.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsThe 15 Best Davids
David is a Hebrew name that means “beloved.” These Davids are surely beloved:... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayNew David Foster Wallace Short Story Surfaces in The New Yorker
[Photo by Steve Rhodes] If David Foster Wallace wasn’t the best writer of the last few decades, then his scraggly hair and sly grin certainly sit high up on the list. “Genius” isn’t a word to be thrown around lightly, but how else to describe Wallace’s brand of writing? Perfectly caustic (yet somehow gentle) wit, deeply probing, explorative in terms of human nature, undeniable humor, the descriptors go on.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsThe 20 Best Books of the Decade (2000-2009)
Amidst a turbulent environment, a slew of memorable texts emerged in the 2000s: some fiction, some non-fiction, all worth reading and cherishing. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayBrief Interviews With Hideous Men
Read the Paste review of John Krasinki's directorial debut, a film adaptation of a book by the late David Foster Wallace... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsWatch the Trailer for John Krasinski's Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men has a ridiculous pedigree, what with the David Foster Wallace source material and a cast that includes Will Arnett, Julianne Nicholson, Timothy Hutton, Dominic Cooper, Bobby Cannavale and Will Forte. It’s also backed by indie superdistributor IFC Films and marks the directorial debut of winsome Office star John Krasinski. As we might expect, then, the movie’s first trailer is brisk and droll, easy to watch and easier to like. ... read more
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