david foster wallace

David Foster Wallace delivered the commencement address at Kenyon College on May 21, 2005. The contents of that speech make for what would be a great New Year's resolution. Choose to be aware of what is happening around you.

This week, I had the opportunity to speak with award-winning author David Lipsky. In 1996, Lipsky spent five days with author David Foster Wallace during Wallace's book tour for Infinite Jest to write a story for Rolling Stone. Those five days are the subject of the new movie The End of the Tour. Lipsky discusses the first time he experienced Wallace's writing, the time they spent together, The En

"The End of the Tour" will make its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Jan. 23, 2015. The film, which stars Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Segel, was shot in and around Grand Rapids in early 2014.