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group, 139, 169

marriage and family, 29, 70, 283

Thich Nhat Hanh, 262

“This Living Hand” (Keats), 234–35

“Three Protrusions” (Wallace), 175

“Ticket to the Fair” (Wallace), 184–87, 319 n, 320 n

Titanic (movie), 230

tobacco chewing, 103, 163, 165, 202, 222, 232, 251, 315 n

tornadoes, 200, 320 n

Toward the End of Time (Updike), 243–44

Tractatus Logico-Philosophus (Wittgenstein), 44, 126, 142, 315 n

Trebek, Alex, 67, 75, 76, 117–18

Tucson, Ariz., 51, 53–65, 71–77, 132, 314 n

apartments in, 54–55, 64, 71–72, 79, 88

cabin near, 115, 167

Wallace’s returns to, 105, 112–16

see also Arizona, University of

Turner, Alice, 96, 97, 104, 106–7, 108, 125, 128

Wallace’s correspondence with, 106, 173, 210, 211, 227, 230

Twenty-Seventh City, The (Franzen), 115, 130

Understanding David Foster Wallace (Boswell), 288, 324 n

Updike, John, 29, 30, 96, 108, 115, 184, 223, 243–44, 254

Urbana, Ill., see Champaign-Urbana, Ill.

Urbana High School, 9, 13, 185, 265

Us, 97

“View from Mrs. Thompson’s, The” (Wallace), 262–63, 276

Viking Penguin, 66–71, 81, 82, 83, 98, 101, 117, 122, 314 n

legal department of, 107, 108–9, 112, 315 n

short story collection publication dropped by, 109, 112

Voice Literary Supplement, 150, 208–9, 216

Vollmann, William, 130, 131, 143, 155, 213, 264, 289, 316 n

Walden, Gale, 58–59, 64, 72–75, 80, 81, 97, 100, 147, 153, 165, 188, 323 n

Wallace’s break with, 83–84, 92, 104–5, 123, 128

Wallace’s fiction and, 92, 93, 159

Wallace’s friendship with, 189–90

Walden, Joelle, 159

Wallace, Amy, 1–8, 29, 42, 70, 145, 248, 311 n

on David, 11, 12, 34, 316 n

David’s depression and, 116, 117, 298

David’s fiction and, 75, 312 n, 313 n

David’s relationship with, 6–7, 12, 22–23, 73–74, 89, 113, 323 n

David’s travels with, 73–74

David’s wedding and, 282–83

David’s work and, 211, 320 n, 321 n

education of, 27, 185

marriage of, 197

religion and, 114, 316 n

Wallace, David Foster:

anger of, 6, 13, 74, 81, 129–30, 143, 150, 170, 175, 211, 269, 299, 316 n

Wallace, David Foster ( cont. )

anxiety and stress of, 8, 10–13, 16, 20, 22, 31–32, 48, 55, 64, 80, 83, 97–98, 99, 106, 112, 113, 136, 169, 177, 194–95, 198, 206–7, 218, 239, 248, 255, 298, 319 n

apologizing and amends making of, 113, 127, 143, 227, 265–66, 323 n

appearance of, 4, 7, 17, 20, 24–25, 38, 58, 64–65, 67, 79, 96, 97, 103, 136, 147, 174, 179, 187, 196, 197, 222, 249, 250, 270, 271, 282, 297–98, 299, 319 n

athletic activities of, 7–12, 14, 17, 20, 32, 43, 53, 56, 64, 95, 105, 167, 170, 179, 184, 188, 270

awards and prizes of, 5–6, 9, 28, 33, 39, 50, 51, 80, 103, 112, 138, 174, 229, 238–39, 242, 260

book reviewing of, 120–23, 126, 142–43, 146, 152, 154, 243–44

book tours and signings of, 76, 220–27, 229, 253, 279

as brand, 208, 320 n

childhood of, 1–9, 26, 55, 113, 157, 169–70, 186, 200, 271

cleverness of, 139, 148, 150, 171, 255

clowning and showing off of, 7, 22, 56–57, 139, 157

college-years fiction writing of, 23, 29, 34–48, 54–55, 57, 59–71, 73, 74–78, 84–88, 90, 91, 94, 311 n –14 n

competitiveness of, 39, 55, 89, 96, 129, 143, 231, 273, 282, 316 n

confidence of, 28, 53, 80, 90, 131, 158, 174

debating of, 21

depression of, 8, 13, 22, 28, 31–35, 38, 41–42, 51–52, 100, 101, 103, 104–5, 115–17, 120, 135, 154, 169, 298–301

as drama junkie, 153–54

drinking of, 21, 30, 80, 83, 89, 95, 100, 101, 104, 105, 106, 113–15, 119, 123, 127, 132–36, 140, 146, 150, 169, 225, 234, 315 n

early writing of, 2, 4–6, 9, 12, 18, 19

education of, 2, 5, 11–22, 119, 127, 132–34, 136, 137, 146, 190, 256, 291, 312 n, 316 n; see also Amherst; Arizona, University of

exaggerations and inventions of, 139, 147, 185, 186, 192, 317 n, 319 n –20 n

fame, celebrity, and success of, 10, 71, 96, 97, 101, 178, 221, 225, 230–31, 232, 234, 239–40, 245–46, 314 n, 315 n

family background of, 1–7, 164, 318 n, 319 n

fear of disclosure and privacy of, 8, 17–18, 43, 59

female interests and dating of, 10, 42, 51–54, 72–77, 83–84, 95, 96, 97, 100, 113, 120, 126, 127, 132, 173, 180–81, 202–3, 222–25, 232–34, 241, 248–52, 266, 268–73, 315 n, 322 n; see also Harris, Kymberly; Karr, Mary; Perkins, Susan; Walden, Gale

finances of, 50, 66–67, 79, 81, 82, 84, 87, 97, 99, 112, 118–19, 125, 142, 149, 151, 153, 163, 171, 184, 228, 239, 250, 261, 262, 315 n, 316 n

gratitude of, 70, 228, 300

guilt of, 42, 51, 129, 183

hospitalization of, 52, 116, 134–37, 154, 298, 299–300

house purchased by, 200–201

humor and funniness of, 4–5, 7, 10, 21, 26–27, 31, 62, 63–64, 83, 159, 185, 186, 197, 216, 245, 299, 313 n

injuries of, 121, 147, 151–52, 316 n

insecurity of, 44, 68, 125, 131, 314 n

intelligence of, 11, 18–19, 42, 114, 136, 139, 174, 215, 311 n

isolation and loneliness of, 12, 17, 104, 142, 153, 175, 202, 231, 236

Kenyon College address of, 284–86, 291, 293, 324 n

listening skills of, 233, 322 n

literary readings of, 83, 96, 105, 131, 163, 220–21, 224, 232, 266, 273

marriage of, see Green, Karen

marriage plans of, 83–84, 100, 104, 152, 154, 166, 170, 250–51, 270, 282

meanness of, 6–7, 21, 113, 187

medications used by, 32, 34, 35, 52, 53, 96, 114–17, 251, 297, 298, 300, 322 n

mental breakdowns of, 22–23, 32–34, 51–52, 115, 116, 154, 158, 315 n

name of, 66

need for order of, 136, 139, 142–43

non-writing and teaching jobs of, 23, 42, 112, 138, 187

old drafts of, 146, 158, 166

parody, mimicry, and farce of, 26–27, 62, 63, 65, 72, 74, 76, 83, 157, 161, 184, 247, 312 n, 314 n, 316 n

personal hygiene of, 16, 17, 18, 37–38, 69, 119–20, 163, 165, 187

phobic mind of, 20, 24, 123

politeness and graciousness of, 17, 57, 95, 314 n

popularity of, 7, 27, 42, 80, 148

puberty of, 9, 13, 27, 55

reading of, 2, 5–6, 29–32, 34, 38, 47, 56, 59, 72, 84, 120, 122, 126, 133, 143, 144, 146, 152, 153, 169–70, 209, 272, 289, 296, 300, 312 n, 316 n

recreational drug use of, 8, 10–11, 18, 19, 21, 30–31, 42, 47, 80, 83, 89, 95, 98, 101, 103, 104, 106, 113–14, 119, 123, 127, 149, 150, 169, 219, 234, 315 n, 317 n

religion and spirituality and, 114, 181, 231–32, 251, 257, 291, 316 n

at retreats, 231–32, 258–59, 261, 262, 265

sexuality of, 29, 96, 113, 126, 153, 181, 225, 232–34, 241, 317 n, 323 n

single-entendre writing commitment of, 158, 159, 279, 289

smoking of, 54, 68, 79, 80, 103, 119, 123, 191, 202, 237, 251, 300, 322 n

sobriety of, 106, 113–14, 135–47, 149–50, 153, 154, 155, 162, 166, 167, 168, 178, 179–80, 202, 227, 233, 234, 283, 315 n, 320 n

suicide of, 298–301

sweating of, 64, 80, 273, 297

teaching of, 79–80, 84, 88, 97, 99–105, 112, 115–16, 133, 137, 148, 149, 151, 153, 154, 163, 173–76, 178, 180, 187–88, 191, 197–98, 230, 231, 233, 237–38, 251–52, 262, 266–67, 270–71, 284, 322 n