Happy Birthday, David Foster Wallace! You would have been 51 today.
To celebrate the life of one the most brilliant contemporary writers, re-read Funny Women editor Elissa Bassist’s piece “A Baker’s Dozen on My Feelings About David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest.”
Also, Vol. 1 Brooklyn featured the author in the first of their new literary trading card series.
And please check out his classic and quintessential short speech on “the language of images.”
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