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Sam Anderson: He picked David Foster Wallace's "The Pale King." 2. Gregory Cowles: He named Jean Thompson "The Year We Left Home." 3. Maud Newton: She wanted "Pym" by Mat Johnson. 4. Garth Risk Hallberg: He selected "The Angel Esmeralda" by Don DeLillo ... read more...

And the evening, not to be facetious, is rather like a big, dressed-up AA meeting. Newscaster Laurie Dhue, probably best known for her eight-year stint on Fox News, was the emcee. Miss Dhue is blonde, strikingly attractive and admirably emphatic. read more...

If I thought about the famous commencement speeches I knew -- Ralph Waldo Emerson's, David Foster Wallace's, Steve Jobs' -- I realized they either contained excellent advice or told a good story. But I wouldn't dare to give any concrete advice about ... read more...

The book, set in 1984, offers an in-depth look at the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Ill., from the perspective of a trainee named David Foster Wallace. It is the sort of office where an employee can die at his desk and remain unmoving for ... read more...