David Foster Wallace’s novel, in all its immensity, became the subject of sanctification and then scorn. But the work rewards ...

Like Cormac McCarthy, Wallace was a serious moralist with zero political vision: witness the cynical collapsing of Left and ...

The internet would have us believe public transport is full of men ostentatiously reading David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest. Is this a joke?

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. Wallace’s wife found her husband had hanged himself when she ...

Today in books and publishing: 96-year-old Pulitzer Prize winner Herman Wouk gets a book deal, deconstructing Amazon's charitable ways, and a non-heartbreaking letter from David Foster Wallace to Don ...

Last month saw the launch of SkinneePix, an iPhone app by the company Pretty Smart Women that "helps you edit your Selfies to look 5, 10 or 15 lbs. skinnier in two quick clicks on your iPhone." ...

David Foster Wallace (February 21, 1962 – September 12, 2008) was an American writer and professor who published novels, short stories, and essays. He is best known for his 1996 novel Infinite Jest, ...

There isn’t a modern author that means more to me than David Foster Wallace, so even seeing a reminder on Facebook this morning that today would have been his 49th birthday is still weird and ...

In 2008, I found myself in Rome searching for The Savage Detectives by Chilean author Roberto Bolaño. The book was sold out, and the friendly clerk at the bookstore handed me Infinite Jest by David ...

Comedy actor Jason Segel will be playing writer David Foster Wallace in the upcoming film The End of The Tour. The movie is adapted from the 2010 book, Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: ...