CFP for the ALA
The International David Foster Wallace Society will sponsor two panels at the 30th annual conference of the American Literature Association in Boston on May 23-26, 2019. We are seeking submissions …
Call for Papers: The Journal of David Foster Wallace Studies
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Mission Statement
The International David Foster Wallace Society was founded to promote and sustain the long-term scholarly and independent study of David Foster Wallace’s writing. To these ends, the Society welcomes diverse, peer-reviewed scholarship and seeks to expand the critical boundaries of Wallace studies. We recognize and champion the visual, the alternative, and the literary: the presence of minds at work. The Society showcases a variety of projects—at conferences, on panels, in our print publication, The Journal of David Foster Wallace Studies, and through other non-traditional modes of scholarly expression.
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PresidentMike Miley
Vice PresidentCorrie Baldauf
SecretaryClare Hayes-Brady
Editor, JDFWS; Board MemberTony McMahon
Managing Editor, JDFWSRob Short
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Diversity Committee CoordinatorRyan Edel
Conference LiaisonGrace Chipperfield
Associate Editor, JDFWS; Board MemberDave Laird
Membre du conseil, division de convexitéMatthew Luter
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Board MemberAlex Moran
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Society News
Wallace and Affect Theory: Emotional Pain, Empathy, and “The Depressed Person” by Ryan Kerr
Affect theory attempts to make sense of our emotions and their implications. Specifically, affect theory is aimed at understanding feelings that are “relational and transformative” (Flatley 12). We often feel …
Lost David Foster Wallace Interview from 1989
The great literary critic and scholar Steven Moore reached out to us this month to say that he had discovered an interview with David Foster Wallace in an obscure and …
New and Upcoming Work in Wallace Studies
Publications
The Cambridge Companion to David Foster Wallace
The Cambridge Companion to David Foster Wallace
Available August 2018. Best known for his masterpiece, Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace re-invented fiction and non-fiction for a generation with his groundbreaking and original work. Wallace’s desire to blend …
David Foster Wallace: Presences of the Other
David Foster Wallace: Presences of the Other
Available in Paperback February 2018. Why is David Foster Wallace so widely read? Why does his fiction and non-fiction continue to raise enthusiasm among an ever-growing variety of readers of …