David Foster Wallace

Not everyone’s enamoured with the author who’s become a kind of fringe pop icon

Book by David Foster Wallace

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has decided on an official permanent name for element 112 :...

This weekend marks the first anniversary of David Foster Wallace’s death. Now is probably a fine time to reread his coverage of...

Various footnotes. 1. As romantic as it may be to think that an Unpolitician is the answer, there’s a strong case to be made that...

Harper’s has opened up its archive of David Foster Wallace’s work. Enjoy.

Two years ago a friend who loves tennis, Roger Federer and David Foster Wallace (in that order) made me read " Federer as...

A break from campaign coverage to mourn the passing of David Foster Wallace. As mentioned here previously, his writing about John...

Back, for a moment, to David Foster Wallace’s take on John McCain. Near the end of that little book Foster Wallace arrives at his...

From McCain’s Promise by David Foster Wallace. " Going Negative is risky. Polls have shown that most voters find Negativity...