David Foster Wallace film is moving, profound By . Kyle Smith. Published Jan. 24, 2015, 2:29 p.m. ET. ... the Ph.D. equivalent of a sweaty and maniacally entertaining Vegas act, ...

Wallace came to CES to cover the Adult Software exhibition in 1998, in an essay called "Big Red Son" that was first published in Premiere and later collected in Consider the Lobster.

D.T. Max knew what he was getting into when he decided to write a biography of David Foster Wallace. In March 2009, he published a long piece in the New Yorker about Wallace’s suicide and the ...

On Tuesday, David Foster Wallace would have turned 50 years old, an occasion that has even inspired conferences. ... Thompson took a similar avenue with "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas": ...

The work of David Foster Wallace's that most people have read is "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again," a reporting piece about his week aboard a Caribbean cruise ship. (It was originally ...

David Foster Wallace, the novelist, essayist and humorist best known for his 1996 novel “Infinite Jest,” was found dead Friday night at his home in Claremont, according to the Claremont Police ...

When David Foster Wallace committed suicide in 2008, it was clear he had been profoundly depressed. But the first major biography of the writer, D.T. Max’s Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story, out ...

David Foster Wallace: The 'Fresh Air' Interview In 1996, Wallace's novel Infinite Jest was a critical and popular success. The new movie The End of The Tour recreates the author's tour for that book.

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David Foster Wallace's unfinished novel, The Pale King, was recently published. But to truly enjoy his work, says critic John Powers, you must read his earlier pieces.

Getty Image. David Foster Wallace, the post-modern maximalist known for his 1,079-page opus Infinite Jest, popular essays like “A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again,” and his ...

D.T. Max knew what he was getting into when he decided to write a biography of David Foster Wallace. In March 2009, he published a long piece in the New Yorker about Wallace’s suicide and the ...