Conversations with David Foster Wallace

By Stephen J. Burn

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction

Edited by literary scholar Stephen Burn, this collection gathers interviews with David Foster Wallace from 1987 until his death in 2008. In them Wallace talks about his novels and essays, the influence of television and irony on American culture, the role of fiction and his own writing process. The book traces his development as a writer and shows his intelligence, humor and complexity.

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• Shane Parrish: “DFW’s insights into culture and the role of fiction fascinate me. If you don’t buy this book and read the compilation of interviews, at least watch his 2005 commencement speech, This is Water. If the goal of an artist is to forever change someone, DFW has accomplished that with me.”