David Foster Wallace, American Writer and Genius, 1962-2008
This is the worst news. We’re all devastated.
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I guess I forgot to link to the news story, but there isn’t really a good one yet. Here are the google news results instead. If you really want to read something, though, go read this. I just read it again and then I cried. That is all.
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Reader Silliyak sends along this link to a column in the SF Gate, which is a nice one.
Raveling Out 
Jesus. That’s horrible.
What? I mean…. WHAT????
I know. I can’t even imagine….I mean, ugh. I don’t know. There will never be another novel now? Really? DAMN IT TO HELL.
(It’s a good thing I did not try to write an actual post, because I am beyond inarticulate right now.)
Thanks for the link – just read the commencement speech and I loved it. I work at a college counseling center and I may just print this thing out and hand it to my clients. And to my family members.
What a terrible terrible loss.