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David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace. 1962 – 2008. DFW - Childhood. Grew up in Illinois Very academic childhood Great tennis player. DFW - Education. Attended Urbana HS Double major in English and Philosophy at Amherst College MFA in Creative Writing from University of Arizona, Tucson.

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David Foster Wallace

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  1. David Foster Wallace 1962 – 2008

  2. DFW - Childhood • Grew up in Illinois • Very academic childhood • Great tennis player

  3. DFW - Education • Attended Urbana HS • Double major in English and Philosophy at Amherst College • MFA in Creative Writing from University of Arizona, Tucson

  4. DFW – Teaching Career Taught at: Amherst College University of Illinois Pomona College

  5. DFW – Writing Career Broom of the System Fate, Time, and Language Girl with Curious Hair Infinite Jest A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Oblivion Consider the Lobster Everything and More This is Water The Pale King

  6. DFW – Writing Career

  7. DFW - Accomplishments • MacArthur Grant • Bestselling Author • Pulitzer Prize Nominee • Influenced and inspired writers, scholars, & artists

  8. DFW – The Last Days • Lifelong battle with depression • Lost that battle on September 12, 2008

  9. DFW – The Legacy

  10. DFW – The Legacy

  11. DFW – The Legacy

  12. Works Cited • “The Lost Years and Last Days of David Foster Wallace” by David Lipsky. Rolling Stone Magazine, 2008. • Five Dials: Celebrating the Life and Work of David Foster Wallace. 2008. • “David Foster Wallace reads ‘Consider the Lobster’” Hammer Readings. 2006.

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