DISQUS

Mathew's comments: David Foster Wallace, 1962-2008

  • Wan · 1 year ago
    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."
  • MWR · 1 year ago
    Yeah, thanks for the post, but I gotta agree-- Dave Eggers doesn't hold a candle to DWF. Not even close.
  • Michael Loss · 1 year ago
    Thanks for some info about David
  • Kris Mijares · 11 months ago
    Hi, It's "hanged," not "hung" with regard to hanging by death. Thus,"His wife apparently came home Friday night to find that the author had hanged himself..." I know it sounds weird, but that's the way it is.

    Dictionary explains:
    "(past and past participle hanged) transitive and intransitive verb kill somebody with rope: to kill somebody or yourself by fastening a rope around the neck and removing any other support for the body, or die in this way, especially as a form of legal execution."
    http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/hanged.html
  • mathewi · 11 months ago
    Thanks for pointing that out, Kris -- it's tragic no matter how you spell it.