Topic: Infinite Jest

Chapter & Verse Boston marathon bombing: how it connects Tolstoy, David Foster Wallace

Echoes of one of Tolstoy's great works, inspired by the conflict between Russia and Chechnya, can be found in the final novel by David Foster Wallace.

David Foster Wallace: 10 quotes on his birthday

Here, from modern literary master David Foster Wallace, are 10 quotes to celebrate his life.

Chapter & Verse Bret Easton Ellis slams David Foster Wallace on Twitter

A decades-long literary feud rears its head again as Bret Easton Ellis uses a new bio of David Foster Wallace as an excuse for trash-talking.

David Foster Wallace's 10 favorite books

The late great novelist David Foster Wallace's 10 favorite books.

What books will Monitor readers be enjoying this summer?

We asked our readers what they are reading this month and – on a scale of 1 to 10 – here are the books they're enjoying the most.

The Pale King

David Foster Wallace’s posthumous novel, focused on the IRS, offers us the chance “to look once more inside that beautiful mind.”

David Foster Wallace's "The Pale King" is released online – before it appears in bookstores

David Foster Wallace's "The Pale King" goes on sale on April 15 in bookstores – but Amazon and Barnes & Noble have been selling it online since March 22.

David Foster Wallace in the news

David Foster Wallace made posthumous headlines twice this week.

I Write Like… David Foster Wallace?

Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself

Rolling Stone writer David Lipsky recalls the five-day journey he took with David Foster Wallace during Wallace’s 1996 “Infinite Jest” book tour.

This Is Water

David Foster Wallace on the difficulty – and importance – of living 'consciously, adultly, day in and day out.'

Do author photos really matter?

Review round-up: Amazon Kindle 2

An appreciation for David Foster Wallace