David Foster Wallace
The photo was taken at a reading for Booksmith at All Saints Church in 2006
www.thehowlingfantods.com/dfw.htm a collection of reactions www.thehowlingfantods.com/dfw/dfw-1962-2008.html There is also a lot of discussion on the wallace-l email list (I've been a member for years) www.waste.org/mail/?list=wallace-l Ed wrote about the reading www.edrants.com/operation-dfw/ One of the pieces he read was for Rolling Stone about September 11th. He died on September 12th, 2008 The 9-11 piece doesn't seem to be online, but his profile of the 2000 version of John McCain is (an uncut version is available as a short book) www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/18420304/the_weasel_t... He reads a 20 minute except about 10 minutes in to the Character Assasination episode of this American Life (which sadly describes the current campaign except McCain has become Bush) thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=160 He also talks about politics and McCain in the Believer interview with Dave Eggers www.believermag.com/issues/200311/?read=interview_wallace and the end of this intro essay is very political www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/titledetail.cfm?text... it mentions this Mark Danner piece www.markdanner.com/articles/show/iraq_the_war_of_the_imag... and this EO Wilson letter sexandreligionnews.blogspot.com/2006/08/apocalypse-now.html and this brief excerpt on voting zakstar.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/qod-david-foster-wallace/ Host on Talk Radio from the Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/doc/200504/wallace And his profile of Robert Federer www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/sports/playmagazine/20federer.... Good People, a short story www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2007/02/05/070205fi_fi... a few interviews www.salon.com/09/features/wallace1.html www.believermag.com/issues/200311/?read=interview_wallace www.theconnection.org/shows/2004/06/20040625_b_main.asp www.charlierose.com/guests/david-wallace www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2003/10/26/appro... www.stim.com/Stim-x/0596May/Verbal/dfwtalk.html search.twitter.com/search?q=David+Foster+Wallace search.twitter.com/search?q=DFW (though some will be about the airport). Would you like to comment?Sign up for a free account, or sign in (if you're already a member). |
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