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David Foster Wallace : the last interview and other conversations / David Foster Wallace ; expanded and with a new introduction by David Streitfeld.

Van Pelt Library PS3573.A425635 Z46 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Wallace, David Foster, interviewee.
Contributor:
Streitfeld, David, writer of introduction.
Series:
Last interview series
The last interview series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Wallace, David Foster.
Authors, American--20th century--Interviews.
Authors, American.
Genre:
Interviews.
Physical Description:
xxviii, 183 pages ; 21 cm.
Place of Publication:
Brooklyn : Melville House, [2018]
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
David Foster Wallace: A Profile p. 1
Interview / William R. Katovsky
Arrival
Summer 1987
Infinite Jester p. 11
Interview / Gerald Howard
ELLE
February 1996
The Wasted Land p. 17
Interview / David Streitfeld
March 1996
"Something Real American" p. 45
Interview / Laura Miller
Salon.com
March 9, 1996
The Jester Holds Court p. 61
Interview / Valerie Stivers
Stim.com
May 1996
"There can be no Spokesman" p. 79
Interview / Tom Scocca
Boston Phoenix
February 20, 1998
A Brief Interview with a Five-Draft Man p. 115
Interview / Stacey Schmeidel
Amherst Magazine
Spring 1999
"To Try Extra Hard to Exercise Patience, Politeness, and Imagination" p. 129
Interview / Dave Eggers
The Believer
November 2003
"Some Kind of Terrible Burden" p. 155
Interview / Steve Paulson
To the Best of Our Knowledge
June 17, 2004
The Last Interview: On the Bus with John McCain p. 177
Interview / Christopher Farley
The Wall Street Journal
May 31, 2008.
Other Format:
Online version: Wallace, David Foster, interviewee. David Foster Wallace
ISBN:
9781612197418
1612197418
OCLC:
1044776366
Publisher Number:
99982594733

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