UPDATE:  Jon emailed to let me know about the new hi-res version of the video. Thanks, Jon!

 

Jon Weigand has posted a video about the Sonora Review and UA DFW Tribute event from May earlier this year.

 

It is a fantastic summary of the event with additional interviews and footage from the panel.

 

David Foster Wallace Tribute, University of Arizona

 

(Thanks, Soula)

Cole emailed to let me know about an interesting interview with Deborah Treisman (head of the New Yorker fiction department) posted over at GQ's Verge - Yes, We Are Still Missing DFW: Part II.

 

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Good People was published in 2007, but the new story and Wiggle Room were published posthumously. How did this change your approach?

Both pieces came to me in a rougher state than usual; by the time David sent manuscripts to me, he had generally gone through several rounds of polishing already. Knowing that the manuscripts would have been cleaner, had he been alive, I tried to fix the problems (repetitions, confusing syntax, red herrings that referred to other parts of the book, etc.) as I thought he would have fixed them—or, when it was impossible to guess, I just tried to make the sentences as clear as possible without detracting in any way from the voice or style of the story. Being familiar with the ways in which David had responded to my suggested edits in the past was very helpful. And Michael Pietsch and David's agent, Bonnie Nadell, both discussed the edits with me and approved what I did.

Remembering David Foster Wallace - A Five Dials Special  

It's free (but you have to subscribe by email), and sounds great. From the Five Dials News page:

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Just discovered this twitter post:

Which led to facebook and then to here: Five Dials, a pdf magazine by Hamish Hamilton (they won the UK publishing rights for The Pale King).

More info soon, I hope.

A new piece of short fiction by DFW has appeared in the New Yorker, read it online: All That.

(I wonder if this is another excerpt from It is an excerpt from The Pale King (Current confirmed release April 2011). Just about to sit down and read it.) 

It certainly is interesting to read all these excerpts first this time around. It was only after reading Infinite Jest that I started visiting libraries to track down all the publications with IJ excerpts.

I liked this new excerpt... quite a bit I think. I read it much more closely, and slowly, than I've read anything recently. The voice is different, markedly so, and totally believable.

It made me recall the kinds of games I used to play, when very young, where I had convinced myself of the existence of Smurfs living in my backyard. I was convinced that they only revealed themselves when I wasn't there, and I spent hours constructing elaborate traps to catch them (with no care for Smurf rights or subsequent cruelty).

UPDATES: I can confirm that it is indeed an excerpt from The Pale King and that the current release date is April 2011. I'm glad they're not rushing it (Thanks, Bonnie).

artisticsnorkel, I've asked about the new TPK release date of April 2011 mentioned over at GalleyCat, I'll let you know confirmed,see above.

Follow the Metafilter discussion about All That.