Editing David Foster Wallace (section)

==Awards and honors==
* [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|Pulitzer Prize]] nomination for ''[[The Pale King]]'', 2012. No prize was awarded for the fiction category that year
* Inclusion of "Good Old Neon" in ''[[O. Henry Award|The O. Henry Prize]] Stories 2002''
* John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, 1997–2002
* Lannan Foundation Residency Fellow, July–August 2000
* Named to Usage Panel, ''The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'' 4th Ed. ''et seq.'', 1999
* Inclusion of "The Depressed Person" in ''Prize Stories 1999: The O. Henry Awards''
* Illinois State University, Outstanding University Researcher, 1998 and 1999<ref>[http://pomona.edu/ Pomona College, Faculty Directory], Archived September 2008, last updated October 13, 2005.</ref>
* [[Aga Khan Prize for Fiction]] for the story "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men #6", 1997
* ''Time'' magazine's Best Books of the Year (Fiction), 1996
* [[Salon.com#Salon Book Awards |Salon Book Award]] (Fiction), 1996
* [[Lannan Literary Awards|Lannan Literary Award]] (Fiction), 1996
* Inclusion of "Here and There" in ''Prize Stories 1989: The O. Henry Awards''
* [[Whiting Awards|Whiting Award]], 1987