Charlie Rose

Guests: David Foster Wallace RSS

2008:

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   A Memorial of those who died in 2008

   with William F. Buckley, Heath Ledger, Sydney Pollack and more on Dec 31, 2008

   Duration

   53 min

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1997:

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   An interview with David Foster Wallace

   with David Foster Wallace on Mar 27, 1997

   Duration

   33 min

   Comments

   73 comments

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   David Foster Wallace on writing for publication

   with David Foster Wallace on Mar 27, 1997

   Duration

   21 sec

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   David Foster Wallace on long books

   with David Foster Wallace on Mar 27, 1997

   Duration

   59 sec

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   1 comment

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   David Foster Wallace on screenplays

   with David Foster Wallace on Mar 27, 1997

   Duration

   47 sec

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   David Foster Wallace on footnotes

   with David Foster Wallace on Mar 27, 1997

   Duration

   2 min

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   David Foster Wallace on essays

   with David Foster Wallace on Mar 27, 1997

   Duration

   1 min

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1996:

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   A conversation with David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Franzen,...

   with David Foster Wallace, Mark Leyner and Jonathan Franzen on May 17, 1996

   Duration

   17 min

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   1 comment

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   David Foster Wallace on the attraction of fiction

   with David Foster Wallace on May 17, 1996

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   1 min

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David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace is t an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. His first novel, The Broom of the System, was published in 1987. Wallace’s novel, Infinite Jest was published in 1996, demonstrating his perspective on American culture. He received a grant from the MacArthur Foundation in 1997.

Wallace moved to California in 2002, as the first Roy E. Disney Endowed Professor of Creative Writing and Professor of English at Pomona College. He received a BA from Amherst College, and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona.