#David Foster Wallace

Jason Segel is the Perfect Choice to Play David Foster Wallace

Last week, news broke that Jason Segel would be playing David Foster Wallace in a film adaptation of part of ...

Friday Open Thread: December 13th, 2013

It’s Friday afternoon. Let’s chat! Jason Segel was cast to play David Foster Wallace in an upcoming movie, and I ...

Does the MacArthur Genius Grant Result in More Genius?

In 1981, Cormac McCarthy, at age 48, was named one of the first MacArthur Foundation Fellows (more commonly known these ...

Only Oblivion to Look Forward To: Finishing David Foster Wallace

What happens when you finish all the books by an author you love? Five years after David Foster Wallace took his own life, I've read everything. What now?

“Our mouths are incapable, white violets cover the earth”—On the Road with David Foster Wallace, with Visits to John Locke and Anne Carson

For the past month, on the daily subway ride from Brooklyn to Manhattan, I’ve been reading Although Of Course You ...

5 Gift Books for New High School Graduates

My pragmatic list of 5 Books high school graduates should read before taking the next step in their lives, whatever that may be.

5 Celebrities Who Love Books

James Franco — he of the published volume of short stories and the candidacy for a PhD in comparative lit ...

Who Said It: Chuck Palahniuk or David Foster Wallace?

‎“The next morning, room service delivers a lavish breakfast to my sumptuous penthouse suite at the Hilton, and there folded ...

“The Library, and Step On It”: Happy Birthday, David Foster Wallace

From Infinite Jest.  

Three Perfect Book Gifts From Christmases Past

Welcome back from the holidays, Book Riot peeps.Hope you had a lovely one, and I suspect there were a few ...