Topic: David Foster Wallace

A Postcard from David Foster Wallace; Amazon Locks Authors Out of Reviews

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Today in books and publishing: DFW's greetings from Los Angeles; Amazon takes down author reviews; kids' books sales rise; critics pan Pippa's book. 

By David Wagner

Sep 5, 2012

Ex-Komen Official Slams Planned Parenthood; Fall Releases

Today in books and publishing: former Komen executive criticizes Planned Parenthood; Geoff Dyer on Joseph Conrad; Brooklyn Book Festival breaks record; comic strip entered in DoJ suit. 

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By David Wagner

Jul 23, 2012

An Ill-Timed Paterno Biography; David Foster Wallace and Scalia Have Lunch

Today in books and publishing: Antonin Scalia, DFW fanboy; Neil Gaiman as a 7-year-old Scientologist; this Paterno biography sure is ill-timed; forget Hollywood, e-books are where it's at.

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By David Wagner

Jul 16, 2012

A Harrowing Post-Borders World; The 'Outsiders' of The New York Times

Today in books and publishing: The New York Times' book reviewers are "outsiders"; dispatches from a Borders-less Ann Arbor; Hari Kunzru on American xenophilia; mapping Infinite Jest's Boston; E.L. James tops the charts. 

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By David Wagner

Jul 11, 2012

David Foster Wallace Voted for Reagan; Neil Gaiman Signs with HarperCollins

Today in books and publishing: Details from the upcoming David Foster Wallace biography are trickling in; Neil Gaiman inks a multi-book deal with HarperCollins; fantasy author wreaks viral vengeance on e-book pirate; remembering E.B. White's sense of humor on his 113th birthday.

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By Ray Gustini

Apr 24, 2012

Charlie Kaufman Goes YA; The Righteous Anger of Jonathan Franzen

Today in books and publishing: Adaptation screenwriter Charlie Kaufman is adapting Lionsgate's next big YA series, Jonathan Franzen's new essay collection is here, and the "weirdos" of World Book Night had a good time giving away literature for nothing.

 

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By Ray Gustini

Apr 9, 2012

Herman Wouk Returns; David Foster Wallace Called Don DeLillo 'D2'

Today in books and publishing: 96-year-old Pulitzer Prize winner Herman Wouk gets a book deal, deconstructing Amazon's charitable ways, and a non-heartbreaking letter from David Foster Wallace to Don DeLillo.

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By Ray Gustini

Apr 6, 2012

David Foster Wallace Misused A Word Once; Walden Pond on Your iPad

Today in books and publishing: Amazon is selling Spanish language e-books, David Foster Wallace once misused a word, and you can now read Dickens with all the original ads.

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By Ray Gustini

Mar 29, 2012

Charlie Kaufman Is Writing a Novel; The Life Behind 'Goodnight Moon'

Today in books: Charlie Kaufman is writing something clever for Grand Central Publishing, Hemingway's softer side, and a new scene from The Pale King makes us miss David Foster Wallace.

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By Ray Gustini

Mar 6, 2012

France to Digitize 'Indispensable' Books; Collecting David Foster Wallace's Essays

Today in publishing and literature: France's great big book digitalization project gets the go-ahead, details about the posthumous collection of David Foster Wallace essays, and Jodi Picoult is writing a tearjerker for kids.

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By Ray Gustini

Feb 21, 2012

David Foster Wallace Would Have Been 50 Today

Today in publishing and literature: Cormac McCarthy has been living a double life, don't tell Justin Bieber the publishing industry is struggling, and the hastily-written Jeremy Lin e-books are here.

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By Ray Gustini

Dec 21, 2011

David Foster Wallace Defines 'Primipara'; 'Dragon Tattoo' Merchandising Run Amok

Today in books: Stieg Larsson's longtime girlfriend isn't a fan of Rooney Mara or H&M's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo clothes, season's greetings from The Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library, and David Foster Wallace's vocabulary sheet from 1997.

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By Eric Randall

Oct 11, 2011

Jonathan Franzen Said David Foster Wallace Fabricated Some Nonfiction

Some remarks Franzen made at The New Yorker Festival are still being dissected

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By Ray Gustini

Aug 22, 2011

Ryan Gosling Stands Up For Truth, Justice, and the Lower East Side Way

Plus: A David Foster Wallace playground game is brought to life

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By Ujala Sehgal

Apr 16, 2011

Reconstructing David Foster Wallace

Fans unearth clues in attempt to understand the brilliant and inscrutable writer

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By Ray Gustini

Apr 1, 2011

Dead Men Sometimes Tell Bestselling Tales

David Foster Wallace and the pack of posthumous authors dominating the bestseller list

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