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David Foster Wallace

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D.T. Max (above), author of a new biography of David Foster Wallace, discussed the writer’s legacy and his brief time at Harvard, a catalyst for the breakdown and recovery that inspired much of Wallace’s masterpiece, “Infinite Jest.”

A too-short life, examined

Biographer covers Harvard turning point in discussion of David Foster Wallace

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DateDecember 13, 2012March 22, 2019

It’s only natural, Philosophy Department Chair Sean Dorrance Kelly said, for people to ask themselves questions like “What constitutes human excellence?” and “What is the best way to live a life?” But those questions prove particularly troublesome in this age, he explained, because religion no longer provides many people with a shared set of values or justifies their existence the way it did in centuries past.

Whistling through the darkness

Authors offer perspective, guide to finding meaning in a secular age

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DateFebruary 17, 2011