Professor of English Robert McLaughlin will discuss author and former Illinois State professor David Foster Wallace, his widely acclaimed books, and his deep connections with ISU at the University Club meeting Friday, September 18.
A new biopic’s portrayal of author David Foster Wallace is winning praise from two of his former colleagues at Illinois State, even if the University itself is a little lost in translation.
The work of famed author David Foster Wallace will be celebrated at Illinois State University with the second annual David Foster Wallace Conference, running May 28 to 30, at the Bloomington-Normal Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Normal.
More than 125 people gathered from all over the world on May 22 and 23 to explore, dissect, and digest the works of the author, who has been called one the most influential writers of his generation.
In the following Q-and-A, senior philosophy major Kevin Richardson shares some of his experiences as a philosophy major.
David Foster Wallace arrived as a faculty member at Illinois State in 1993. Already an accomplished author, it was here he finished Infinite Jest, often called one of the greatest novels of the late 20th century.
On an imaginary scale of internal discomfort for David Foster Wallace (measured zero to 10), the idea of his being subject to a biography would likely have rated nine point something.
