Consider the Sister

Amy Wallace, sister of acclaimed author David Foster Wallace, has spent nearly two decades working to preserve her brother's memory as a complex, vibrant person rather than allowing him to be reduced to the stereotype of a tortured artist following his 2008 suicide. After her parents' deaths in 2019 and 2020, Amy became the sole surviving member of the nuclear family and took on the responsibility of sharing what their father had asked her to convey: that the people who raised David deserve a voice in how he is remembered. Through interviews and public appearances, she emphasizes that despite his literary genius and struggles, David was fundamentally a normal person deserving of a fuller, more human legacy.