January 29, 2016, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsDavid Foster Wallace and 20 years of Infinite Jest Twenty years ago, in February of 1996, Little, Brown and Company published David Foster Wallace’s (1962–2008) novel Infinite Jest. It was a bold undertaking for the firm to publish a complex, challenging novel that spans over 1,000 pages and contains hundreds of endnotes, many quite lengthy and all printed in… read more
January 29, 2016, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsAccessing David Foster Wallace’s “other selves” through the archive To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the publication of David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest, Heather Houser, an Associate Professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, will be one of the readers sharing their favorite passages from the novel on Wednesday, February 3, at noon. Undergraduates Dylan Davidson, Kendall… read more
January 21, 2016, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsRansom Center showcased in new book on campus-wide university collections UT Press has just released a book of campus-wide holdings celebrating the University of Texas at Austin’s vast collections. The Collections: The University of Texas at Austin is the initiative of Andrée Bober, founder and director of the University’s public art program, Landmarks. The book shares more than 80 discrete… read more
