David Foster Wallace: Quick Facts

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Born	February 21, 1962 • Ithaca • New York
Died	September 12, 2008 (aged 46) • Claremont • California
Notable Works	“Both Flesh and Not” • “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men” • “Consider the Lobster, and Other Essays” • “Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity” • “Girl with Curious Hair” • “Infinite Jest” • “Oblivion” • “Signifying Rappers: Rap and Race in the Urban Present” • “A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again” • “The Broom of the System” • “The Pale King”