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 28, 2016, Filed Under: PhotographyDavid Douglas Duncan at 100: A month of tributes to David Douglas Duncan in honor of his 100th birthday—Part 4 In the final installment of our tribute to David Douglas Duncan in the month of his 100th birthday, photographer Louie Palu offers a poignant reflection on the impact of Duncan’s combat photographs on his own work in war zones. Three photographs from Palu’s series The Fighting Season are featured in the… read more
