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2008:

  1. A Memorial of those who died in 2008
    A Memorial of those who died in 2008

    with Richard Darman, Heath Ledger, Paul Newman and more on Dec 31, 2008

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1997:

  1. An interview with David Foster Wallace
    An interview with David Foster Wallace

    with David Foster Wallace on Mar 27, 1997

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    30 min
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1996:

  1. A conversation with David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Franzen, and Mark Leyner
    A conversation with David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Franzen,...

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

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    20 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.