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therapy of, 22, 29, 33, 34, 117, 123, 136, 139, 149, 169–70, 177, 179, 181, 233, 283, 300

thesis help given by, 47, 52

travels of, 24, 52–53, 73–74, 78–79, 88, 105, 125, 163–64, 167, 196, 201–5, 244–45, 249–50, 252, 258–59, 262, 268, 269–70, 272–73, 290, 299

writer’s block of, 100–101, 102, 106, 111, 144, 145, 149, 154, 155, 234–38, 266, 292

writing style of, 34, 35, 142, 159, 171, 320 n –21 n

Wallace, David Rains, 66

Wallace, James, 1–8, 10–14, 20, 21, 22, 41, 58, 106, 112, 127, 232, 272, 282, 297, 312 n, 318 n, 324 n

Amherst and, 13, 14, 16, 22, 25

David’s dependence on, 118

David’s depression and, 22, 33, 51, 116, 300

on Harvard, 316 n

marriage of, 23, 28–29, 113, 314 n

philosophy and, 1, 11, 25, 32, 41, 119, 133

religion and, 114, 316 n

Wallace, Sally Foster, 1–8, 11–12, 20–25, 33, 47, 51, 58, 66, 106, 112, 137, 232, 272, 282, 297, 313 n, 314 n

care packages of, 17, 18

correct usage and, 2–3, 56–57, 165, 187, 271

on David’s anxiety, 12–13

David’s dependence on, 118

David’s depression and, 22, 33, 51, 53, 116, 117, 300

David’s estrangement from, 170, 187

David’s therapy and, 169, 170, 177, 181, 233

David’s work and, 177, 197, 211, 241–42, 321 n

marriage of, 23–24, 28–29, 113, 169, 314 n

religion and, 114, 316 n

Wall Street Journal, 82–83, 315 n

Washington, Corey, 21, 27–34, 42, 51–52, 224, 232

Wallace’s correspondence with, 28–34, 37, 41, 43, 53–56, 67, 74, 77, 79, 80, 101, 105, 112, 176–79, 227, 259, 314 n

Washington Post, 143, 219, 276

Welty, Eudora, 102, 103

“Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way” (Wallace), 89–94, 96, 98–102, 104, 108, 109, 130, 131, 159, 160, 214, 241, 315 n

as phoenix, 135

reading of, 105

theft of, 98

White, Curtis, 174, 267

White Noise (DeLillo), 225–26

“Whiz Kid and His Wacky First Novel, A” (profile), 82–83

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 32, 44–47, 65, 68, 126, 288, 312 n, 313 n, 315 n

Wittgenstein’s Mistress (Markson), 120–23, 126, 128, 142, 172, 174, 253

Wodehouse, P. G., 189, 207

Wood, James, 228–29, 264–65

Workshop Hermeticism, 110–11

Wright, Evan, 245, 323 n

Wurtzel, Elizabeth, 202–3, 220, 224–25, 241, 269, 320 n, 324 n

W. W. Norton, 117, 120, 128, 131, 138, 171, 260

Yaddo, 136, 317 n

Wallace at, 88–89, 94–99, 101, 103, 125–28, 131, 142, 158, 159, 160, 179, 314 n

Zenith, MV (the Nadir ), 202–5

Zipper, the, 185, 186

Zumbyes, 59, 313 n