David Foster Wallace

Not everyone’s enamoured with the author who’s become a kind of fringe pop icon

Book by David Foster Wallace

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has decided on an official permanent name for element 112: copernicium.

This weekend marks the first anniversary of David Foster Wallace’s death.

Various footnotes.

Harper’s has opened up its archive of David Foster Wallace’s work. Enjoy.

Two years ago a friend who loves tennis, Roger Federer and David Foster Wallace (in that order) made me read “Federer as Religious Experience.” I’d never read anything by Wallace, found dead Friday of an apparent suicide. I’ve been hooked on Federer ever since. If you like tennis, Federer or Wallace (and especially if you like all three) you should read this.

A break from campaign coverage to mourn the passing of David Foster Wallace.

Back, for a moment, to David Foster Wallace’s take on John McCain.

From McCain’s Promise by David Foster Wallace.