Innovative and painstakingly thorough novelist and nonfiction writer David Foster Wallace died this weekend at age 46. He in recent years had continued to publish but also was a professor at Pomona College in Southern California. You can watch a few interviews Wallace did with Charlie Rose more than 10 years ago…read more.

Wallace was found dead of an apparent suicide on Sept. 12. His L.A. Times obit is here.

Wallace’s extensive story about being on the campaign trail with John McCain in 2000 is worth a revisit; here is a recent interview he conducted about the experience. He also updated this lengthy essay for release this June as a separate publication entitled ‘McCain’s Promise: Aboard the Straight Talk Express with John McCain and a Whole Bunch of Actual Reporters, Thinking About Hope‘.

David Foster Wallace speaks with Charlie Rose about his collection of essays, ‘A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again’, 1997:

(see Charlie Rose site)

David Foster Wallace is part of a larger discussion about the future of literature, from 1996 (17 minutes):

(see Charlie Rose site)

See also:

American Masters/The American Novel: Essays about David Foster Wallace and his most famous work, Infinite Jest.