Wallace’s therapeutic approach is strongly connected to ethics. His philosophy isn’t about prescribing moral rules or outlining abstract ideals; it’s about cultivating an ethical way of living ...

In his best work, Infinite Jest , Wallace leavened his smartest-boy-in-class style, perfected in his essays and short stories, with a stereoscopic reproduction of other voices. Wallace's trademark ...

In 2008, I found myself in Rome searching for The Savage Detectives by Chilean author Roberto Bolaño. The book was sold out, and the friendly clerk at the bookstore handed me Infinite Jest by ...

Marshall Boswell’s Understanding David Foster Wallace (2003) offered an excellent overview but didn’t cover Wallace’s later work.