DFW at the Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association 2019
Vern Cisney will be chairing a panel (maybe more!) for the second year in a row on the topic of David Foster Wallace. See the CFP below. Submissions must be …
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ALA Panels: Dates & Times
As we announced on January 31, we have our panels set for this year’s American Literature Association Conference in Boston, May 23-26, 2019. Come join us and other great societies …
Building the Worlds of David Foster Wallace by Ryan Blanck
Ryan Blanck graciously shared some of his scenes from Infinite LEGO with the International David Foster Wallace Society so that we may share it with all of you. We hope you enjoy his work as much as we do!
DFW in Translation
Considering that we are the International David Foster Wallace Society, we wanted to take the time and put forth the effort to identify the numerous translations of David Foster Wallace’s texts. These are …
American Literature Association Conference Panels
Come join us and other great societies and scholars, get a sneak peak at The Journal of David Foster Wallace Studies, and maybe even walk away with some DFW Society swag.
Happy New Year, Changes to the Board, and Future Conferences
Happy New Year from all of us at IDFWS and The Journal of David Foster Wallace Studies! We hope that you are as excited for 2019 as we are. Our …
Journal of DFW Studies: Letter from the Managing Editor, Dr. Tony McMahon
As you may have noticed from Twitter, Instagram, or some other form of social media about which Wallace definitely would have had something to say, the first issue of the …
Call for…Tattoos?
Yes. You read that right. Not to be outdone by Tiny Ewell, the Diversity Team is putting out a call for DFW or DFW-adjacent tattoos. Diversity Team members Danielle Ely …
Watching to Death by Tom Winchester
Watching to Death by Tom Winchester The Entertainment is arguably what drives forward, or at least ties together, most of the narrative in in David Foster Wallace’s 1996 novel, Infinite Jest. …
Wallace and Religious Literature by Nan Denette
Religion and Literature by Nan Denette My first reading of Infinite Jest as a teenager was largely why I decided to study literature in college and why I declared a …