A comprehensive roundup of every sordid detail about American life and technology as depicted in David Foster Wallace's novel ...

David Foster Wallace may be forever remembered as The Footnote Guy, and not without reason. His prolixity reached even into the small-print margins, and tempus tacendi never seemed to occur to him.

I thought I had lost them. For decades, I kept eight letters, a postcard and a holiday card from David Foster Wallace tucked in my copy of “Infinite Jest.” The missives traveled with me from my ...