Culture Buzz David Foster Wallace, author of “Infinite Jest,” would have turned 50 today. To celebrate his birthday, here's the letter he wrote to the Amherst College newspaper in response to a jerk who thought it was an unalienable right to blast AC/DC as loud as humanly possible.
Culture Buzz David Foster Wallace, the author of Infinite Jest, was found hanged to death in his home at age 46 this past Friday night. A heartbreaking act of suicide has provoked a very emotional response from his many readers who felt a profound personal connection to him and his work.