2022 ALA CFP
The International David Foster Wallace Society will sponsor two panels at the 33rd annual conference of the American Literature Association in Chicago on May 26-29, 2022. We are seeking submissions …
The Journal of David Foster Wallace Studies - Issue 3 Available!
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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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Upcoming DFW
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DFW 23 – Gettysburg
Board Members & Officers
Our Team
Ándrea Laurencell Sheridan
PresidentDanielle Ely
Vice PresidentMatt Bucher
Austin 2024 Conference ChairRob Short
TreasurerMatthew Luter
ALA/MLA Conference ChairGrace Chipperfield
Board MemberClare Hayes-Brady
Editor-in-Chief, JDFWSVernon W. Cisney
2023 PA Conference ChairDominik Steinhilber
Emerging Scholars Initative CoordinatorDave Laird
Membre du conseil, division de convexitéMike Miley
SecretaryAlex Moran
Board MemberCory Hudson
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Society News
Happy New Year & Memberful Update
We hope that 2021 is, so far, kinder to everyone than 2020 was! A big change that want to inform you of is that the Society has moved its membership …
CFP: DFW @ ALA 2021
As of this posting, the American Literature Association plans to hold an in-person conference this coming year. The International David Foster Wallace Society will sponsor two panels at the 32nd …
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 …