David Foster Wallace Biography Gets Publishing Deal
Since the suicide of author David Foster Wallace last September left the literary community reeling, two writers have tried to grapple with his oft-emotionally turbulent life and celebrated career in the form of biographies: D.T. Max, who penned a lengthy New Yorker article on the author after his death, and David Lipsky, who wrote one for Rolling Stone. As of last week, though, only Max's proposal earned a publishing deal, while Lipsky's remains unsold.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsDavid Foster Wallace Remembered with Infinite Summer Reading Group
For most people, summer reading means page-turning reads from the likes of John Grisham, Dan Brown and anything else that let's you turn your brain off for a while and relax. But for the few, the proud, the vaguely masochistic, summer means more time to delve into the classics that you should've been reading during school while you were too busy staring at the girl in the third row with the ponytail.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsPosthumous David Foster Wallace story published in New Yorker, book promised for 2010
Following months of speculation as to what would happen... read more
Found in: Books, NewsSundance 2009: Hideous Men and Big Fans
Robert D. Siegel wrote the critically acclaimed film The Wrestler (which just scored an Oscar nomination for Mickey Rourke's performance), and before that he was a senior editor for The Onion. And now he's making his directorial debut at Sundance with Big Fan. Patton Oswalt plays the title character, Paul, a Staten Island parking lot attendant who spends his nights and weekends obsessing over the New York Giants and their star linebacker. He lives with his mother, writes rant-filled commentary to read on late-night call-in radio shows, and sets up a lawn chair, a cooler, and a TV outside of... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusSome Remarks on David Foster Wallace's Consider the Lobster from Which Probably Not Enough Has Been Removed
We lost a good one back in mid-September, and for better or for worse, it sometimes requires death for us to get around to experiencing great art. After reading our obit, I was kind of ashamed to say I hadn't read much of David Foster Wallace's work. I had always been intrigued by him, having sampled a couple stories, but after his tragic passing, I picked up Consider the Lobster, his book of essays covering myriad topics from pornography to politics. It was an enthralling read, one that inspired me to get some more DFW in my life (I'll be... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayCold War Kids pen poem for David Foster Wallace
The Cold War Kids are feeling the loss of David Foster Wallace, who passed away Sept. 12. With their new album Loyalty to Loyalty out Tuesday, the band posted a poem to the late writer on their MySpace page. This Is Water is copied below:... read more
Found in: Books, NewsDavid Foster Wallace: 1962-2008
<small>[<em>Photo by Steve Rhodes</em>]</small>“I just think that fiction that isn't exploring what it means to be human today isn't art.”-David Foster Wallace A few years back, Time featured a piece titled “Who’s the Voice of this Generation?” postulating that at age 44, David Foster Wallace was too old to be the voice of his. While he may have the talent and, “for a few twinkly, magical minutes interest swirled around Wallace,” ultimately his work was just too dense and difficult to be something that caught the eye of the mass market. It’s probably an exaggeration to claim that he... read more
Found in: Books, NewsDavid Foster Wallace
Several news sources are reporting that novelist and essayist David Foster Wallace hanged himself Friday night. Pardon me while I bang my head into a nearby computer monitor.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Andy Whitman on MusicDavid Foster Wallace
Consider the Writer: Gifted author tempers his provocative opinions with good humor read more
Found in: Books, ReviewsOblivion: Stories
“What teachers and the administration in that era never seemed to see was that the mental work of what they called daydreaming... read more
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