About David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace has been called one of America's most important young authors and is often compared to Thomas Pynchon. He is most widely known for his epic (1000+ page) novel, Infinite Jest, published in 1996 and critically acclaimed by critics and readers alike. Topics covered in Wallace's work are wide ranging, but he seems to have a special interest in American culture, addictions, and excess.
Novels
Collections
Girl with Curious Hair (1988)
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (1999)
Oblivion: Stories (2004)
Poolside (2007) (with Alice Adams, Amy Bloom, John Cheever, Ernest Hemingway, A M Homes, Andrea Lee, Joyce Carol Oates, Edna O'Brien, Julie Orringer, James Purdy, Graham Swift, John Updike and Fay Weldon)
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (1999)
Oblivion: Stories (2004)
Poolside (2007) (with Alice Adams, Amy Bloom, John Cheever, Ernest Hemingway, A M Homes, Andrea Lee, Joyce Carol Oates, Edna O'Brien, Julie Orringer, James Purdy, Graham Swift, John Updike and Fay Weldon)
Non fiction
Signifying Rappers: Rap and Race in the Urban Present (1990) (with Mark Costello)
The Future of Fiction (1996)
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (1997)
Shiny Adidas Tracksuits and the Death of Camp: And Other Writings from Might Magazine (1998) (with Jess Mowry and Glasgow Phillips)
Up, Simba!: 7 Days On the Trail of an Anticandidate (2000)
Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity (2003)
Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays (2005)
The Best American Essays 2007 (2007)
McCain's Promise: Aboard the Straight Talk Express (2008)
This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life (2009)
Fate, Time, and Language (2010)
Getting Away from Already Being Pretty Much Away from It All (2012)
Both Flesh and Not (2012)
The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (2012)
The Future of Fiction (1996)
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (1997)
Shiny Adidas Tracksuits and the Death of Camp: And Other Writings from Might Magazine (1998) (with Jess Mowry and Glasgow Phillips)
Up, Simba!: 7 Days On the Trail of an Anticandidate (2000)
Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity (2003)
Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays (2005)
The Best American Essays 2007 (2007)
McCain's Promise: Aboard the Straight Talk Express (2008)
This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life (2009)
Fate, Time, and Language (2010)
Getting Away from Already Being Pretty Much Away from It All (2012)
Both Flesh and Not (2012)
The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (2012)
Books about David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest: A Reader's Guide (2003) by Stephen Burn
Understanding David Foster Wallace (2003) by Marshall Boswell
Understanding David Foster Wallace (2003) by Marshall Boswell
Links to other websites
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David Foster Wallace recommends
Desperate Characters (1970) Paula Fox "A towering landmark of postwar Realism. . . . A sustained work of prose so lucid and fine it seems less written than carved." | The Commissariat of Enlightenment (2003) Ken Kalfus "Funny, hip...smart, technically innovative...wise, moving, and profound...Kalfus is all of these at once." | That's Not a Feeling (2012) Dan Josefson "A writer of astounding promise... a bold, funny, mordant, and deeply intelligent debut." |
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