Think you know what simple words like "play" and "fun" mean? Ian Bogost's latest book Play Anything will bake your noodle. Flowchart: David Foster Wallace On How To Live A Compassionate Life In "This ...

There is only one way to immortality: straight and fast. The old cliché follows the idea that it’s better to burn out bright than to fade. It’s a philosophy that has led to a hall of fallen heroes ...

CLAREMONT, Calif. — David Foster Wallace, the author best known for his 1996 novel “Infinite Jest,” was found dead in his home, according to police. He was 46. Wallace’s wife found her husband had ...

Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg will star in The End of the Tour. James Ponsoldt will direct the film retelling the events of the last five days of the late writer David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest ...

Yesterday marked the second anniversary of UA alumnus David Foster Wallace’s suicide. After getting his bachelor’s degree in philosophy and English at Amherst College, Wallace earned his Master of ...

Last month saw the launch of SkinneePix, an iPhone app by the company Pretty Smart Women that "helps you edit your Selfies to look 5, 10 or 15 lbs. skinnier in two quick clicks on your iPhone." ...

“The greatest novel to finish a century yet” (The New York Times) was largely begun and finished right here in B-N, whether we knew it or not. Most Twin Citians knew it not. “Infinite Jest,” by the ...

Today in books: Stieg Larsson's longtime girlfriend isn't a fan of Rooney Mara or H&M's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo clothes, season's greetings from The Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library, and David ...

In 1996, shortly after the publication of “Infinite Jest,” David Foster Wallace took courses at Harvard University on accounting and federal tax law. He had an idea for a new novel: an exploration of ...

To survive the dog days of summer, try reading one (or all) of these suggestions by writers, critics and editors at The Times. By Times Insider Staff At a time of extreme polarization on campus, the ...