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Dfw society the international david foster wallace society. Alphabetical list of witnesses and testimony kennedy. The 10 best sixth floor museum at dealey plaza tours. The legacy of david foster wallace is a necessary book it will find a place in virtually every university and college library across the land. The artist is, at best, the mask fans wear to distract themselves from the fact that they are looking into a mirror. David foster wallace answers these questions and more in his new book of hilarious nonfiction. There are a few actual stories, but much of the book is interviews in which you read the answer but not the questions. All purchases directly support museum exhibits and programming. Rescuing texas history, 2009 and two others and was provided by dallas municipal archives to the portal to texas history, a digital repository hosted by the unt libraries. Wallace was the son of a philosophy professor and an english teacher. David foster wallaces lowkey, bookish appearance flatly contradicts the unshaven, bandannacapped image advanced by his publicity photos. David foster wallace february 21, 1962 september 12, 2008 was an american author of novels, short stories and essays, as well as a university professor of english and creative writing. Wallace who is on the 6 th floor of the dallas texas school bood depository is a. Texas school book depository building, dallas, texas.
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