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David Foster Wallace

Michiko Kakutani, flanked by Graydon and Ash Carter.

Book Critic Michiko Kakutani Leaves New York Times

She championed David Foster Wallace and locked horns with Jonathan Franzen. Now she wants to write about Trump's America.
By John Bonazzo
What did David Brooks do now?

This Bonkers New York Times Column About Lunch Meat Set the Internet on Fire

Many on social media criticized the op-ed "How We Are Ruining America," particularly one anecdote set in an Italian deli.
By John Bonazzo

The Blue Pill: How Music Helped Me Cope With My Mental Health in 2015

I’ve never been more grateful for music than last year.
By Ryan Burleson
Shot on location at: The Library Hotel, New York Hair and makeup by: Joanna Pensinger for Exclusive Artists Management using Oribe Haircare PHOTO: Chris Crisman for Observer

The Super-Smartness of Jesse Eisenberg

By Thelma Adams
Photo: Getty Images

Who Else Could Have Played David Foster Wallace Besides Jason Segel?

By Matthew Kassel
Taylor Mac appears in A 24-Decade History of Popular Music: 1900-1950s presented by New York Live Arts as part of the Under The Radar Festival. (Photo courtesy of New York Live Arts.)

What to See at Public Theater’s ‘Under the Radar’ Festival

By Christopher Murray
David Foster Wallace

Remembering David Foster Wallace

By Matthew Kassel

To Do Wednesday: David’s Domain

By Daniel D'Addario

Giving Up the Ghost: A New Biography Gives a Sobering View of David Foster Wallace

By Emily Witt

Between Novels: Jonathan Franzen’s Essays Meditate on Birdwatching, Solitude, Mourning

By Alex Fankuchen

No Hard Feelings Between GQ and The New York Times Magazine

By Kat Stoeffel

Dead Author Breeds Big Business: The David Foster Wallace Industry

By David Freedlander

Thomas Russo, the Secret Scribe of AIG

By Max Abelson

David Foster Wallace’s Papers Set to Go Public

By Steve Huff

DFW’s Papers Go to UT-Austin

By Molly Fischer

Dueling Foster Wallace Bios: Two Hit Market, One Sells

By Leon Neyfakh

Life Lessons From a Depressed Person

By Peter M. Stevenson

Media Mob Sleeps With the Fishes

By Matt Haber

Report: David Foster Wallace Called Hideous Film Adaptation ‘Awesome’

By Matt Haber

Our Critic’s Tip Sheet on Current Reading: Jonathan Franzen Remembers David Foster Wallace; Mencken Disses Joe Sixpack

By Adam Begley

Let Me Tell You About My BFF DFW

By George Gurley

Jocelyn Zuckerman Remembers Editing DFW’s ‘Consider the Lobster’ For Gourmet

By Leon Neyfakh

‘Mensch’ Bill Tonelli On Cutting DFW’s McCain Piece For Rolling Stone in Half: ‘I Just Did It!’

By Leon Neyfakh

Infinite Jest Editor Michael Pietsch of Little, Brown on David Foster Wallace

By Leon Neyfakh
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