David Foster Wallace

About the artist

David Foster Wallace (February 21, 1962 – September 12, 2008) was an American author of novels, essays and short-stories, and a professor at Pomona College in Claremont, California. He was best known for his 1996 novel Infinite Jest, which Time Magazine included in its All-Time 100 Greatest Novels list (covering the period 1923–2006). Los Angeles Times book editor David Ulin called Wallace "one of the most influential and innovative writers of the last 20 years."

Top songs

  1. The Problem with Irony
  2. A Radically Condensed History Of Postindustrial Life
  3. Death Is Not The End
  4. Suicide As A Sort Of Present
  5. This is Water
  6. Brief Interview #14
  7. Brief Interview #51
  8. Forever Overhead
  9. Brief Interview #36
  10. Brief Interview #15
Show all 100 songs
  1. Brief Interview #11
  2. Brief Interview #30
  3. Teil 1 - This Is Water
  4. On Being Entirely Yourself
  5. The future of fiction in the information age
  6. This Is Water, Teil 1
  7. Brief Interview #31
  8. Yet Another Example Of The Porousness Of Certain Borders (XI)
  9. Brief Interview #19
  10. Der Planet Trillaphon im Verhältnis zur Üblen Sache, Teil 1
  11. This Is Water: The Original David Foster Wallace Recording
  12. Brief Interview #40
  13. Brief Interview #20
  14. Brief Interview #2
  15. Am Beispiel des Hummers, Teil 1
  16. Brief Interview #42
  17. Brief Interview #46
  18. Yet Another Example Of The Porousness Of Certain Borders (XXIV)
  19. Outro
  20. This Is Water, Teil 2
  21. Teil 2 - This Is Water
  22. Consider the Lobster CD1
  23. The Dangers Of Internet & Media Addiction
  24. Am Beispiel des Hummers, Teil 2
  25. This Is Water, Teil 3
  26. N.B.
  27. How Tracy Austin Broke My Heart
  28. This Is Water, Teil 4
  29. Der Planet Trillaphon im Verhältnis zur Üblen Sache, Teil 2
  30. Consider the Lobster and Other Essays (Selected Essays)
  31. This Is Water, Teil 6
  32. This Is Water, Teil 5
  33. This Is Water, Teil 7
  34. Am Beispiel des Hummers, Teil 3
  35. Teil 3 - This Is Water
  36. Nothing against the euphoric
  37. Der Planet Trillaphon im Verhältnis zur Üblen Sache, Teil 3
  38. Der Planet Trillaphon im Verhältnis zur Üblen Sache, Teil 5
  39. Teil 4 - This Is Water
  40. Be apprised, though
  41. Der Planet Trillaphon im Verhältnis zur Üblen Sache, Teil 4
  42. Teil 5 - This Is Water
  43. Der Planet Trillaphon im Verhältnis zur Üblen Sache, Teil 6
  44. Teil 8 - This Is Water
  45. Am Beispiel des Hummers, Teil 4
  46. Big Red Son
  47. Teil 7 - This Is Water
  48. The View From Mrs. Thompson's
  49. Most of us have been
  50. Der Planet Trillaphon im Verhältnis zur Üblen Sache, Teil 7
  51. Der Planet Trillaphon im Verhältnis zur Üblen Sache, Teil 12
  52. Der Planet Trillaphon im Verhältnis zur Üblen Sache, Teil 9
  53. Der Planet Trillaphon im Verhältnis zur Üblen Sache, Teil 8
  54. 01 Consider the Lobster 1
  55. The Broom of the System disk 01 - 01
  56. Der Planet Trillaphon im Verhältnis zur Üblen Sache, Teil 11
  57. Am Beispiel des Hummers, Teil 5
  58. Teil 6 - This Is Water
  59. 04 Consider the Lobster 4
  60. Der Planet Trillaphon im Verhältnis zur Üblen Sache, Teil 10
  61. Am Beispiel des Hummers, Teil 6
  62. Since at least the mid-1990's
  63. 03 Consider the Lobster 3
  64. 02 Consider the Lobster 2
  65. Am Beispiel des Hummers, Teil 7
  66. Am Beispiel des Hummers, Teil 8
  67. 05 Consider the Lobster 5
  68. Before we go any further
  69. There happen to be two main
  70. Lobsters don't have much
  71. 06 Consider the Lobster 6
  72. 07 Consider the Lobster 7
  73. In any event, at the MLF
  74. 08 Consider the Lobster 8
  75. The Broom of the System disk 01 - 02
  76. Bobby Slayton
  77. 09 Consider the Lobster 9
  78. Am Beispiel des Hummers, Teil 9
  79. It takes an average
  80. From the December 11th
  81. The overall point being
  82. Am Beispiel des Hummers, Teil 10
  83. As you know, if you've seen
  84. It turns out the cause
  85. Am Beispiel des Hummers, Teil 11
  86. At the Vivid Video
  87. 11 The View From Mrs. Thompson
  88. In retrospect, the first sign
  89. 01 Big Red Son 1
  90. 10 Consider the Lobster 10

News & Stories

Stories are temporarily unavailable. Search for coverage below.

Find news about David Foster Wallace

Tickets & music shops

We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases through our Amazon and eBay links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Related artists

Powered by Last.fm