Today, Feb. 21, marks what would have been of .
The postmodern author 鈥� famous for his sprawling novel Infinite Jest, and collections of essays and reports 鈥� would be 50 years old today. Suffering from depression, Wallace took his life in 2008.
A notable Austin connection to Wallace comes in the form of the Harry Ransom Center, which acquired Wallace鈥檚 archives in 2010. A complete list of the materials in the archive can .
While a reservation must be made to view the archive materials, much of it has been incorporated online. The archive includes a manuscript for Wallace鈥檚 unfinished, posthumously published novel , books from filled , and a dictionary filled with .
