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David Foster Wallace Excerpt From Unfinished Novel

The New Yorker | David Foster Wallace | Posted 12.07.2009 | Books

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Once when I was a little boy I received as a gift a toy cement mixer. It was made of wood except for its wheels--axles--which, as I remember, were thi...

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Journeys With George (Saunders), or Why Magazines Should Hire More Fiction Writers

Joshuah Bearman | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books

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Like David Foster Wallace, Saunders appears in his own journalism as the bumbling journalist, but Saunders is more believable, which is to say that he is a bumbler, which is part of the charm.

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9 Of Your Favorite Books: Huffington Post November Readers' Picks (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.06.2009 | Books

Ever since we posted our first installment of the HuffPost Readers' Picks, we've gotten a flood of further reader recommendations. The feature has bee...

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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men: Women and (Mostly) Men

Jed P. Cohen | Posted 11.26.2009 | Entertainment

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In the interest of full disclosure, I must here admit that I am a massive, overly enthusiastic, often proselytizing, obviously pleonastic fan of David Foster Wallace. My admiration for his writing will doubtless influence this review.

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How DFW Got Me a C+

Menachem Kaiser | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

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September 12 is the first anniversay of the death of my literary hero, David Foster Wallace. RIP.I'm good at school. This isn't to be confused with sm...

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Some Thoughts on Infinite Jest During the Infinite Summer

Mike Miley | Posted 09.06.2009 | Media

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If there's such a thing as the "one that got away" for books, Infinite Jest is mine. This summer, I was determined to finish it... Along with many readers at "Infinite Summer."

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Two David Foster Wallace Biographies Pitched To Publishers

The New York Observer | Leon Neyfakh | Posted 07.18.2009 | Media

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Earlier this month, editors at publishing houses across New York received two separate book proposals for biographies of the late David Foster Wallace...

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Study: This Post Will Make You Smarter

Rob Fishman | Posted 05.18.2009 | Media

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A friend has fallen victim to the dreaded and dubious studies that are widely disseminated by such organizations as CNN, MSNBC and Fox News.

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Rewind: Looking Back in Harsh Economic Times

Stephanie Gertler | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living

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What did my generation do? I see all this anger and sorrow in the neighborhood. I can't help but stare.

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Gourmet's Ruth Reichl on Twitter and the Recession's Silver Lining

Abi Wright | Posted 04.02.2009 | Media

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As reported in the New York Times Monday, circulation at cooking magazines is going up as the stock market goes down. Ruth Reichl advised journalism students to specialize.

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One Last Look Back: The 10 Most Ridiculous, Shameful, or Generally Unfortunate People and Events of 2008

Chez Pazienza | Posted 03.06.2009 | Entertainment

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Well, it could've been worse. As 2008 mercifully ends, we're left to ponder a year in which the real and the surreal were pretty much indistinguishable, where insanity actually became tedium.

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Down, Simba

Kit Gallant | Posted 10.28.2008 | Home

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During the 2000 Republican primaries, the late David Foster Wallace spent a week following John McCain's campaign. On the trail, Wallace was writing f...

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Inside David Foster Wallace's "Torturous Final Weeks"

Salon | Robert Ito | Posted 10.27.2008 | Media

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Following David Foster Wallace's suicide on Sept. 12, stunned fans, colleagues and friends paid tribute to the writer in countless articles and blog p...

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David Foster Wallace, R.I.P.

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 10.23.2008 | Media

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While Wallace understood well the solipsism of depression -- see "The Depressed Person" -- he himself evinced none of it, in spite of his affliction.

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David Foster Wallace, 1962-2008

John Seery | Posted 10.14.2008 | Entertainment

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He was a colleague and friend. I have no mind to try to pay adequate tribute to him here. Those should soar and will come later. What I want to note instead, just briefly, are a few personal recollections.

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