David Foster Wallace
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Commencement Speeches That Never Fail to Inspire
From Will Ferrell and Oprah Winfrey to Barack Obama and David Foster Wallace, these speakers deftly sent graduates out into the world
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The Lost Years and Last Days of David Foster Wallace
He was the greatest writer of his generation — and also its most tormented. In the wake of his tragic suicide, his friends and family reveal the lifelong struggle of a beautiful mind
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Joan Shelley on Recording in Iceland, Leonard Cohen's Wisdom
The Kentucky-based singer-songwriter also talks Nashville’s jadedness and her luminous new LP, 'Like the River Loves the Sea'
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Jason Segel on His Hardest Role: Troubled Genius David Foster Wallace
Actor on ending 'How I Met Your Mother' and entering his great, unknown future
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Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg Talk Life, Death & Summer Camp
'End of the Tour' duo chat about self-aware authors and tombstone sizes in our exclusive video
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The End of the Tour
Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg hit the road in this extraordinary study of David Foster Wallace
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Jason Segel Channels David Foster Wallace in 'End of the Tour' Trailer
Film explores road trip between 'Infinite Jest' author and Rolling Stone writer David Lipsky
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Sundance 2015: 'End of the Tour' Resurrects David Foster Wallace
The adaptation of Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky's road trip with the author scores
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Six Things You Didn't Know About David Foster Wallace
The first major biography of the writer reveals an even more troubled mind than anyone realized
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David Foster Wallace on 9/11, as Seen from the Midwest
Suddenly everybody has flags out — big flags, small flags, regular flag-size flags
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