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Tag: Infinite Jest
Professors recall David Foster Wallace’s Illinois State days
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.
Alum reviews David Foster Wallace biography Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story
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.