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Infinite Jest

January 29, 2016, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts

David Foster Wallace and 20 years of Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace (1962-2008). Letter to his editor, Michael Pietsch, dated Sept. 20, 1995. © David Foster Wallace Literary Trust.

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 

May 16, 2014, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + Teaching

Unpublished David Foster Wallace story donated to the Ransom Center

First page of unpublished short story manuscript of “Shorn” by David Foster Wallace. © David Foster Wallace Literary Trust.

The Ransom Center’s extensive David Foster Wallace collection was recently enriched by a donation of the original manuscript of a little-known, unpublished story, titled “Shorn.” Wallace wrote the two-page story, about a boy having his hair cut by his mother, while a graduate student at the University of Arizona. The… read more 

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