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David Foster Wallace: Found & Lost & Found AgainDavid Foster Wallace made only one large-scale public speaking engagement. A commencement speech, which was later published in a book titled "This is Water." This is what I learned from it.
The Death of David Foster Wallace: Of Infinite Jest and Infinite SadnessThis article examines the life and death of noted author David Foster Wallace. It considers the contrast between his prodigious work and his crippling battle with depression in the wake of his suicide.- Footnotes and David Foster Wallace - the Editing of Infinite JestIn the post-production of Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace rejected his editor's qualms with the inclusion of endnotes.
- David Foster Wallace: From Broom of the System to Infinite JestBy the time Wallace submitted Infinite Jest for publication, he was in his 30s and more mature, having learned lessons from the celebrity that The Broom of the System brought him.
- David Foster Wallace's Difference in Approach Between Magazine Articles, NovelsThe challenge in editing David Foster Wallace was the difficulty of wrangling his prose and narrative structure, which were often purposefully peripatetic and disjointed, without diluting the writing's effect.
- Editing David Foster WallaceEditing Wallace could be demanding, and those who attempted it found themselves faced with the difficulty of correcting a man with a prodigious understanding of the byzantine syntactical and grammatical rules of the English language.
- The David Foster Wallace Suicide: When Depression Turns into a Terminal IllnessEsteemed writer David Foster Wallace hanged himself on Sept. 12. Why would a man with so much to live for decide to end his own life?
Footnote HypertrophyThough widely known and acclaimed for his Fiction, David Foster Wallace equally demonstrates his creative genius in Non-fiction through his essays.
I Write like Who or is it Whom?I recently tried an exercise on Facebook that analyzed my writing to see what author I resembled, and what I found was interesting.
My David Foster Wallace EulogyTwo weeks ago, popular fiction writer David Foster Wallace committed suicide at his Claremont, CA home. He was critically acclaimed, and highly regarded within the writing community. In his honor, I have written a short piece/eulogy commemorating one of my favorite writers.- Creativity LostWhy ?
