Update: IDFWS Blog CFP
It’s been a while since we’ve sent out a CFP for the blog (what you’re reading right now) so blog editor Alex Moran and the blog editorial staff wanted to give you all an update. How is the blog different from the journal? Well, reader, I’m glad you asked. The blog is a chance to […]
Now Accepting Ads for the Journal of David Foster Wallace Studies
There will now be advertisements beginning in Issue 2 of The Journal of David Foster Wallace Studies. This means a couple of things. One is that you’ll find out about relevant, NEW things in Wallace Studies, sometimes before the general public. It also means that you can advertise your relevant goings-on in the Journal. For more information, prices, etc., please contact the society: [email protected]
Congratulations to Diego Báez!
The International David Foster Wallace Society would like to send out a big congratulations to Board Member and Co-Coordinator of the Diversity Team Diego Báez on being selected as a 2020 Emerging Critic by the National Book Critics Circle. To see the announcement from the NBCC, navigate to https://membership.bookcritics.org/emerging-critics/ Here is the announcement on the NBCC […]
DFW at the Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association 2019
Vern Cisney will be chairing a panel (maybe more!) for the second year in a row on the topic of David Foster Wallace. See the CFP below. Submissions must be submitted directly to the MAPACA website (link below). MAPACA 2019 will be November 7-9 at the Pittsburgh Marriott City Center, Pittsburgh, PA. Even if you don’t go to present, it’s a fantastic conference. Board […]
ALA Panels: Dates & Times
As we announced on January 31, we have our panels set for this year’s American Literature Association Conference in Boston, May 23-26, 2019. Come join us and other great societies and scholars, get a peek at The Journal of David Foster Wallace Studies, and maybe even walk away with some DFW Society swag. We now have our dates and times! They are tentative […]
DFW in Translation
Considering that we are the International David Foster Wallace Society, we wanted to take the time and put forth the effort to identify the numerous translations of David Foster Wallace’s texts. These are our preliminary findings. We plan to conduct bi-annual updates to this list; however, in the meantime, if you are aware of other translations, please share them […]
American Literature Association Conference Panels
We have our panels set for this year’s American Literature Association Conference in Boston, May 23-26, 2019. Come join us and other great societies and scholars, get a sneak peek at The Journal of David Foster Wallace Studies, and maybe even walk away with some DFW Society swag. This year, we were deluged with a record number of really stellar proposals for our […]
Happy New Year, Changes to the Board, and Future Conferences
Happy New Year from all of us at IDFWS and The Journal of David Foster Wallace Studies!We hope that you are as excited for 2019 as we are. Our first board meeting of the year saw some changes to our slate of officers and to the board. You’ll see those updates on our website, but we’d […]
Journal of DFW Studies: Letter from the Managing Editor, Dr. Tony McMahon
As you may have noticed from Twitter, Instagram, or some other form of social media about which Wallace definitely would have had something to say, the first issue of the first volume of The Journal of David Foster Wallace Studies has begun circulation. You may have already received your copy, or it may be on its way. […]
Watching to Death by Tom Winchester
Watching to Death by Tom Winchester The Entertainmentisarguably what drives forward, or at least ties together, most of the narrative in in David Foster Wallace’s 1996 novel, Infinite Jest. Everyone seems to be looking for it or has something to do with its creation, and the reader is only offered hints regarding what it contains. The author’s archive at […]