David Foster Wallace was born on February 21st, 1962 in Ithaca, New York, to James Donald Wallace and Sally Foster Wallace. As an adolescent, Wallace was athletic, and was regionally ranked as a junior tennis player. He attended Amherst College and majored in philosophy, with a focus on logic and mathematics. He graduated in 1985 and next pursued an MFA in creative writing from the University of Arizona, which he earned in 1987. In 1992, Wallace applied for and won a position in the English Department at Illinois State University.
Wallace moved to California in 2002, as the first Roy E. Disney Endowed Professor of Creative Writing and Professor of English at Pomona College. He teaches one or two undergraduate courses per semester, and focuses on his writing.
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