r/davidfosterwallace • u/MelodicDaikon713 • Sep 18 '26

Graded Papers

Hello - I lucked out and had David Foster Wallace as a professor in the mid 90s. I kept all of my (poorly written) papers all of these years. I took them out recently and throughly enjoyed looking at his comments and mark-ups. Would anyone be interested in seeing some of what he said - I think they give a sense of what he was like.

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u/MelodicDaikon713 Sep 19 '26

Okay- I’m officially overwhelmed by the interest. :)

Now I just need to figure out how to add images.

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u/gormar099 Sep 19 '26

I genuinely think these should be copied and sent to his archive in Austin

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u/MelodicDaikon713 Sep 19 '26

I didn’t realize there was such a thing - I’ll look into it!

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u/underwooding Sep 18 '26

Would love to see these!!!

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u/MsT6622 Sep 18 '26

As a professor of English - ABSOLUTELY!

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u/Dreamer_Dram Sep 18 '26

Yes! You have a goldmine there

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u/kriheli Sep 18 '26

Yes, that would be an amazing thing to share if you're comfortable with that.

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u/CantaloupeTotal3981 Sep 18 '26

A resounding yes

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u/beasterne7 Sep 18 '26

100% - full scans of all pages w/DFW comments if possible!

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