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David Foster Wallace
03/27/1997
David Foster Wallace
An interview with David Foster Wallace
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Author David Foster Wallace talks about his collection of essays, "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again".
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David Foster Wallace
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.
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