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Seven False Starts About the Death of David Foster Wallacenew

By now you may have heard. The most influential and innovative fiction stylist of his generation, the smartest, funniest, strangest, most endearing and (let's just say it) the greatest writer under 50 in America, killed himself at his Claremont home on Sept. 12.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Cornel Bonca  |  12-05-2008  |  Books

David Foster Wallace: 1962-2008new

Several of my artistic heroes have died in recent years, but they were older or no longer productive, and when I learned that David Foster Wallace had committed suicide I was far more shocked and upset.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Tim Kreider  |  09-30-2008  |  Books

Infinite Loss: David Foster Wallace and the Troublesome, Inescapable 'I'new

"Was he a good writer?" asked the young sales clerk at Borders.
L.A. Weekly  |  Gendy Alimurung  |  09-19-2008  |  Books

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