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David Foster Wallace, 1962-2008

Started by mathewi · 9 months ago

This doesn’t really have much to do with the Web or new media or anything like that, but I feel compelled to take some notice of the fact that David Foster Wallace is dead. His wife apparently came home Friday night to find that the author had hung himself in their home in Claremont, ... Continue reading »

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  • It is a sad day. Thank you for the post.

    But "almost on par with David Eggers’ incredible book"??? This is like saying Coltrane is "almost on par with the Backstreet Boys."
  • Yeah, thanks for the post, but I gotta agree-- Dave Eggers doesn't hold a candle to DWF. Not even close.
  • Thanks for some info about David
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  • Thanks for pointing that out, Kris -- it's tragic no matter how you spell it.

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