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Writer DFW- dead at 46

djannadjanna 1,543 Posts
edited September 2008 in Strut Central
I don't know if anyone else is a fan, but this is sad to me. David Foster Wallace hanged himself today.b,121b,121a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/books/AP-Obit-Wallace.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin" target="_blank"1http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/books/AP-Obit-Wallace.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

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  • GenePontecorvoGenePontecorvo 5,612 Posts
    It saddens me as well. RIP.
  • onetetonetet 1,754 Posts
    just heard about this as well. I have to say I disliked his work, but respected his intellect, and was surprised how sad I was to hear the news.
  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    Who among you has peeped his hemolesque rap book?
  • GenePontecorvoGenePontecorvo 5,612 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121Who among you has peeped his hemolesque rap book? b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Never ran across it but I'd definitely pick it up if I did. I remember you commenting on it before but forgot the substance.
  • CBearCBear 902 Posts
    Damn. His Harper's contributions were great. I never made it all the way through Infinite Jest, even though I tried a few times. Sad day.
  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121Who among you has peeped his hemolesque rap book? b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Never ran across it but I'd definitely pick it up if I did. I remember you commenting on it before but forgot the substance. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121It's uncomfortably bad--even DFW refused to admit to its existence.b,121b,121If the boy hemol were to stumble across it, I have no doubt that he would treat it as rap's great lost text, though.
  • SooksSooks 714 Posts
    It's very sad. I'm also disappointed by the way that, in many of the articles I've read about his death, they quote from this a href="http://www.marginalia.org/dfw_kenyon_commencement.html" target="_blank"1commencement speech/a1 that he made a few years ago in which he mentions suicide (seemingly to establish "hindsight"), but I think they miss the point entirely.b,121b,121His point is not that life is boring and pointless, but rather that one's sense of misery or isolation or lonelyness is self-imposed - and that ultimately it's up to you to decide how to interact with the world. Either feel that other people are annoyances to be dealt with, or to develop a sense of empathy and kinship with the rest of the world. He'll be missed. RIP.
  • parenparen 537 Posts
    very sad news. he is a personal favorite and was a truly gifted writer. RIP.
  • UnherdUnherd 1,880 Posts
    Not that familiar with his work, but for those interested, here's a href="http://pandagon.net/index.php/site/the_beginning_of_the_decline_of_mccain/#When:21:09:00Z" target="_blank"1his piece on McCain/a1 trying to respond to Bush's negative campaign in 2000. b,121b,121RIP
  • SoulhawkSoulhawk 3,197 Posts
    /font1
    Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121Who among you has peeped his hemolesque rap book? b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Never ran across it but I'd definitely pick it up if I did. I remember you commenting on it before but forgot the substance. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121It's uncomfortably bad--even DFW refused to admit to its existence.b,121b,121If the boy hemol were to stumble across it, I have no doubt that he would treat it as rap's great lost text, though. b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121b,121I think it is precisely this 'shitting on real literature' vibe that has led me to completely avoid DFW
  • kitchenknightkitchenknight 4,922 Posts
    This was a truly tragic loss, and had an unexpectedly profound effect on me. God, it hurt...I'll never forget finishing Infinite Jest on the green in Boston- where the book is set, I'll never forget hearing about his passing this morning from my sister... b,121b,121Mostly, it is just overwhelmingly sad. RIP, DFW.
  • hemolhemol 2,578 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121If the boy hemol were to stumble across it, I have no doubt that he would treat it as rap's great lost text, though. b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Decency, dude. Start a new thread if you're going to concoct imaginary insults, and keep it out of the one about someone who is dead.
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    A great read: b,121a href="http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2004/08/consider_the_lobster?printable=true" target="_blank"1http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2004/08/consider_the_lobster?printable=true/a1
  • puchitopuchito 374 Posts
    I still can't believe it. It is seriously fucked up, and surreal. b,121b,121One of my favorite writers.b,121b,121Sad. Really really sad!!b,121b,121RIP
  • kitchenknightkitchenknight 4,922 Posts
    Yeah, I'm still having a hard time wrapping my head around this. As I said above, and you mentioned, I guess I'm just overwhelmingly sad. He always said that in writing, 'Infinite Jest,' he wanted to create something sad...
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