David Foster Wallace: The Last Interview Expanded with New Introduction: And Other Conversations

by David Foster Wallace, David Streitfeld (Editor)

Overview

An expanded edition featuring new interviews and an introduction by the editor, a New York Times journalist and friend of the author

A unique selection of the best interviews given by David Foster Wallace, including the last he gave before his suicide in 2008. Complete with an introduction by Foster Wallace's friend and NY Times journalist, David Streitfeld. And including a new, never-before-published interview between Streitfeld and Wallace.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612197418
Publisher:	Melville House Publishing
Publication date:	08/28/2018
Series:	Friends Or Lovers
Edition description:	Expanded
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	437,856
Product dimensions:	5.46(w) x 8.26(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

David Foster Wallace (1962-2008) was an award-winning novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. He is best known for his 1996 novel Infinite Jest. Frequently referred to as the voice of his generation, he won a multitude of prizes and accolades before committing suicide in 2008.

Editor David Streitfeld is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has written extensively on books, business, and technology for the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times. He is currently a columnist for the New York Times.

Date of Birth:

February 21, 1962

Date of Death:

September 12, 2008

Place of Birth:

Ithaca, NY

Place of Death:

Claremont, CA

Education:

B.A. in English & Philosophy, Amherst College, 1985;MFA, University of Arizona, 1987