David Foster Wallace was born on February 21, 1962. To honor the 56th anniversary of Wallace’s birth and to celebrate the incredible contributions he made to contemporary literature, Marshall Boswell shares the inspirations behind his book The Wallace Effect, forthcoming from the series David Foster Wallace Studies in February 2019. The first seeds of my forthcoming… Read More »
David Foster Wallace was born on February 21, 1962. To honor the 56th anniversary of his birth and to celebrate the mark he made on contemporary culture, Clare Hayes-Brady explores why his works remain relevant today. This September will mark 10 years since David Foster Wallace’s death at the age of 46. He would have… Read More »
David Foster Wallace was born on February 21, 1962. To honor the 56th anniversary of his birth and to reflect on his legacy, David Hering discusses the current debates surrounding Wallace’s work. It has now been a decade since the death of David Foster Wallace. In the last ten years, Wallace scholars and readers have… Read More »
'With Brad Pitt’s announcement in November that he will likely retire from acting in three years, it is worth pausing to appreciate some of his fine performances on the screen. I remember a fall evening in 1999 when I first watched Brad Pitt’s provocative portrayal of Tyler Durden in David Fincher’s adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s… Read More »