David Foster Wallace
Please Leave 'Infinite Jest' Alone
The joke about a certain kind of man reading David Foster Wallace's massive 1996 novel has been done to death. Let's all agree to move on.
PETA Urges Maine Lobster Festival Attendees to Consider the Lobster
Some Mainers are not down with the lobster-sympathizing ads and just want to eat their buttery seafood rolls in peace.
Two Women Hell Bent on Destroying 'Infinite Jest' in Bizarre Ways Join Forces
Turning David Foster Wallace's acclaimed novel into lasagna, eggs, and a cool outfit is better than reading it, writer Mira Gonzalez and comedian Jamie Loftus learned.
We Talked to the Woman Who Is Butt Chugging 'Infinite Jest'
Jamie Loftus really got tired of dudes asking about it at the bookstore.
ISS Find the Middle Ground Between David Foster Wallace and Anarcho UK Punk
Listen to the North Carolina duo's new tape and read a track-by-track rundown.
'Uncut Interview,' Today's Comic by Nina Vandenbempt
Belgian cartoonist Nina VanDenbempt makes dreamy comics. This one is about David Foster Wallace.
Think Blue Lobsters Are Cool? You're Wrong
A supposedly rare discovery off the coast of Cape Cod has us deep in the seas of philosophical investigation.
The Cult: Georgi Kinkladze
Georgi Kinkladze symbolises the idea of something beautiful being destructive. A pure entertainment hidden in the footnotes of Manchester City's mid-nineties slump to the third tier of English football.
Dissecting the Pain That Crabs Feel
Recent studies have shown that crustacean neurology is similar to vertebrates, which points to a likewise experience of pain in human suffering. After watching my family hack at living crabs over the years, it's lead to a lot of internal conflicts.
David Foster Wallace at the U.S. Open, 20 Years Later
In 1995, David Foster Wallace strolled the grounds of the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows for what would become "Democracy and Commerce at the U.S. Open." Twenty years later, not much has changed.
The New David Foster Wallace Movie Would Probably Make David Foster Wallace Really Uncomfortable
The film starring Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg takes a stab at dramatizing the famously perceptive—and persnickety—literary heavyweight.
Why Do Artists Love Tennis? An Investigation
No sport is as ripe for artistic interpretation, nor as aesthetically pleasing and psychologically captivating, as tennis. No, seriously.