Amy Wallace-Havens

Amy Wallace-Havens is the sister of novelist David Foster Wallace and a contributor to a collection of remembrances about her brother.

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My big brother, David Foster Wallace

August 23, 2015

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03/07/2016 - 10:00pm

The "Infinite Jest" novelist, the subject of a just-released movie, provided a wildly creative inspiration for his kid sister. It wasn't until college when another side emerged.

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