The International David Foster Wallace Society
By Alex Moran and Diego Báez Sergio De La Pava’s career as a prolific author may not have seemed readily apparent when his debut novel, A Naked Singularity (2008), first appeared …
Introduction written by Ashlie Kontos, Diversity Team Member I began searching for ways to incorporate David Foster Wallace’s essays into non-literature-based classrooms almost one year ago. I was needlessly worried that …
IDFWS Diversity Committee member Cynthia Zhang grapples with a beloved artist’s reprehensible behavior and the ramifications for a conflicted fan base. By Cynthia Zhang (cw: sexual assault and associated …
Written by Mark Bresnan As the world reacted to the death of John McCain last weekend, David Foster Wallace’s 2000 profile of the senator was occasionally invoked— both in encomiums …
Wallace’s “The Empty Plenum” is one of his more challenging pieces of nonfiction. Lucky for everyone, Dominik Steinhilber has put together a reading group that’s going on NOW. Head over …
Finally, a playlist based on the rap tracks discusses –or at least mentioned– in Signifying Rappers. For the previous playlists, check out Sources of Rap and Breakthrough pre-rap studio music. …
The second playlist in this three-part series includes tracks identified by DFW and Mark Costello in Signifying Rappers that served as precursors to then-contemporary ’80s and ’90s rap music. Also …
The International David Foster Wallace Society invites submissions to our new blog! The blog is a space where people can publish shorter/lighter/more unconventional pieces that may not be journal-ready, are …
In an effort to diversify the ways in which folks encounter David Foster Wallace, the Diversity Committee of the International David Foster Wallace Society has curated three playlists on Spotify …
The Diversity Committee Coordinators join Dave Laird and Matt Bucher for Episode 37 of The Great Concavity podcast! Check it out here: