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David Foster Wallace—the experimental novelist who grew up in Illinois; who wrote Infinite Jest, which established him as the most influential author of his generation; and who committed suicide ...

Books from David Foster Wallace's library of about 300 titles. Photo by Pete Smith. Harry Ransom Center . David Foster Wallace's teaching copy of Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs.

In The End of Tour, Jason Segel portrays author David Foster Wallace in what's being hailed as a possible Oscar-worthy performance for the normally goofy actor. The movie is based on the book ...

When it comes to David Foster Wallace—the outrageously gifted novelist, short-story writer, and reporter who committed suicide in 2008—we're still in the "handle with exquisite care" phase.

The American writer David Foster Wallace killed himself in 2008, at the age of 46, ... But novel-wise, that was his literary output: two books (one of which was very long).

Before reading David Foster Wallace’s The Pale King, back in February, I had to enter into a nondisclosure agreement: I would not “advertise that [I had] a copy” or “share the galley (or ...

When news spread of David Foster Wallace’s suicide, back in September 2008, the literary world was left in shock. Many authors lead wild, bohemian lives on the edge. But Wallace, age 46, was no ...

David Foster Wallace’s posthumous career — Wallace committed suicide in 2008 at the age of 46 — has produced nearly as many books as his live one did. In 2010, David Lipsky came out with ...

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 ...

David Foster Wallace, the author best known for his 1996 novel "Infinite Jest," was found dead in his home, according to police. He was 46. Mr. Wallace's wife found her husband had hanged himself ...