Topic: David Foster Wallace

Charlie Kaufman Goes YA; The Righteous Anger of Jonathan Franzen

Reuters

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.

 

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.

Comments | 1,399 Views

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.

Comments | 616 Views

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.

Comments | 2,205 Views

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.

Comments | 2,053 Views

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.

Comments | 3,030 Views

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.

Comments | 2,516 Views

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

Comments | 5,305 Views

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

Comments | 2,107 Views

By Ujala Sehgal

Apr 16, 2011

Reconstructing David Foster Wallace

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

Comments | 1,422 Views

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

Comments | 2,570 Views

  • The Atlantic Wire on Twitter
  • The Atlantic Wire RSS Feed
  • The Atlantic Wire iPhone App