David Foster Wallace, the late writer of Infinite Jest and The Broom of the System and a University of Arizona alum, influenced a generation of writers with his hilarious, intelligent, ...

David Foster Wallace (February 21, 1962 – September 12, 2008) was an American writer and professor who published novels, short stories, and essays. He is best known for his 1996 novel Infinite Jest, ...

There is only one way to immortality: straight and fast. The old cliché follows the idea that it’s better to burn out bright than to fade. It’s a philosophy that has led to a hall of fallen heroes ...

David Foster Wallace’s novel, in all its immensity, became the subject of sanctification and then scorn. But the work rewards ...