tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post1472971794721525150..comments2024-03-10T07:42:17.071-04:00Comments on The Film Doctor: David Foster Wallace: In MemoriamThe Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-56898854164240062792008-09-15T21:15:00.000-04:002008-09-15T21:15:00.000-04:00My wife saw the news today and reminded me that sh...My wife saw the news today and reminded me that she had gone to school with David at Arizona in Tucson. She said his towering talent was well known in their grad program. I had forgotten his name.<BR/><BR/>This is the second suicide among writers she knew in that program.<BR/><BR/>I pulled out a book of his that he wrote in 1999, <I>Brief Interviews with Hideous Men</I>. It is sardonic, biting, and at times hysterical. The first chapter is a single, three pages-long sentence titled, <I>Death is Not the End</I>.<BR/><BR/>Sad loss.bdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12363138274673033039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-167329331929511732008-09-14T16:39:00.000-04:002008-09-14T16:39:00.000-04:00Thanks for posting that, FDr. There aren't too ma...Thanks for posting that, FDr. There aren't too many people who could make "totally hosed" sound thoughtful.bdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12363138274673033039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-44378540892122280762008-09-14T10:49:00.000-04:002008-09-14T10:49:00.000-04:00I hadn't heard this news when I read your blog thi...I hadn't heard this news when I read your blog this morning. I haven't read Infinite Jest, but I knew who he was and I knew immediately that it was probably a suicide. I was very sad in one of those ways that's surprising and hard to explain because I haven't read his stuff.<BR/><BR/>Someone on another site noted that he would probably mock the idea of someone blogging about his death...<BR/><BR/>I'll probably go buy Infinite Jest now (if I don't already have a copy).Castle of Stinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13948284354783783700noreply@blogger.com