The New Yorker: Fiction

Deborah Treisman Reads David Foster Wallace

Episode Summary

<p><span>Deborah Treisman reads and discusses “</span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/02/05/good-people">Good People</a><span>,” by David Foster Wallace, which appeared in a 2007 issue of the magazine. David Foster Wallace, who died in 2008, was the author of three short-story collections and three novels, including “Infinite Jest,” and “The Pale King,” which was published posthumously, in 2011, and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. </span></p>

Episode Notes

Deborah Treisman reads and discusses “Good People,” by David Foster Wallace, which appeared in a 2007 issue of the magazine. David Foster Wallace, who died in 2008, was the author of three short-story collections and three novels, including “Infinite Jest,” and “The Pale King,” which was published posthumously, in 2011, and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.