Contents

Introduction

Chronology

David Foster Wallace: A Profile

William R. Katovsky / 1987

A Whiz Kid and His Wacky First Novel

Helen Dudar / 1987

Looking for a Garde of Which to Be Avant: An Interview with David Foster Wallace

Hugh Kennedy and Geoffrey Polk / 1993

An Expanded Interview with David Foster Wallace

Larry McCaffery / 1993

The Next Big Thing: Can a Downstate Author Withstand the Sensation over His 1,079-Page Novel?

Mark Caro / 1996

The Salon Interview: David Foster Wallace

Laura Miller / 1996

The Wasted Land

David Streitfeld / 1996

David Foster Wallace Winces at the Suggestion That His Book Is Sloppy in Any Sense

Anne Marie Donahue/1996

Young Writers and the TV Reality

Donn Fry / 1997

The “Infinite Story” Cult Hero behind the 1,079-Page Novel Rides the Hype He Skewered

Matthew Gilbert / 1997

David Foster Wallace

Tom Scocca / 1998

David Foster Wallace: In the Company of Creeps

Lorin Stein / 1999

David Foster Wallace Warms Up

Patrick Arden / 1999

Mischief: A Brief Interview with David Foster Wallace

Chris Wright / 1999

Behind the Watchful Eyes of Author David Foster Wallace

Mark Shechner / 2000

Conversation with David Foster Wallace and Richard Powers

John O’Brien / 2000

Approaching Infinity

Caleb Crain / 2003

To the Best of Our Knowledge: Interview with David Foster Wallace

Steve Paulson / 2004

The Connection: David Foster Wallace

Michael Goldfarb / 2004

Interview with David Foster Wallace

Didier Jacob / 2005

Just Asking … David Foster Wallace

Christopher John Farley / 2008

The Lost Years and Last Days of David Foster Wallace

David Lipsky / 2008

Index