Chronology - Conversations with David Foster Wallace

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born feb 21 1962 in Ithaca NY (James D. Wallace, Sally Foster Wallace); moves to Urbana IL six months later
1980: starts at Amherst and rooms with Mark Costello
spring 1982-fall 1983: takes these two semesters off to drive a school bus and read
spring 1985: graduates summa in English, Philosophy
fall 1985: starts MFA program at Universit of Arizona
jan 1987: Broom is published
aug 1987: graduates from Arizona; goes to Yaddo; takes position as visiting instructor at Amherst
1998: first critical essay (Fictional Futures) is published; starts writing to Franzen
1989: GCH is finally published; spends Aug at Yaddo; enrolls at Harvard for a phil PhD but withdraws after suicidal thoughts
sep 1989: enters AA
oct 1990: Signifying Rappers is published with Mark Costello; teaching at Emerson College
1991: starts working on IJ
1992: moves to Syracuse, starts writing to Don DeLillo
1993: hired by ISU as assoc prof; finishes first draft of IJ
jan 1996: Cruise ship essay published
feb 1996: IJ published
fall 1996: starts TPK research: audits elementary accounting class
feb 1997: Supposedly is published
may 1999: Brief Interviews is published
jul 2002: becomes Roy E. Disney Professor of Creative Writing at Pomona College
oct 2003: Everything and More published
jun 2004: Oblivion published
dec 2004: marries Karen Green
may 2005: this is water commencement speech at Kenyon College
dec 2005: Consider the Lobster
sep 12 2008: commits suicide
dec 2010: Fate, Time and Language published
2011: TPK published


        J. Burn, S. (2012). Chronology. In ? Conversations with David Foster Wallace. University Press of Mississippi, pp. 19-20

Conversations with David Foster Wallace
by David Foster Wallace, Stephen J. Burn