March 8, 2010, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts"The archives are a window into his mind" Bonnie Nadell, longtime literary agent of David Foster Wallace, shares her thoughts on what scholars can learn from Wallace’s archive about his creative process: Organizing David Wallace’s papers for an archive was not a task I would wish on many people. Some writers leave their papers organized, boxed, and with… read more
March 8, 2010, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsInfinite Possibilities: A first glimpse into David Foster Wallace’s library Approximately 200 books from David Foster Wallace’s library arrived at the Ransom Center with his papers. When the staff unpacked the collection to check its condition, we could see immediately that the library was not simply a supplement to the archive but an essential part of it. Wallace annotated many… read more
March 8, 2010, Filed Under: AuthorsHow the David Foster Wallace archive found a home at the Ransom Center The journey an archive takes from an author’s desk to the Ransom Center is often long and circuitous. The archive of David Foster Wallace arrived at the Ransom Center in the last days of 2009, but the earliest seeds of the acquisition were sown years before. Because of the Ransom… read more
