R.I.P. David Foster Wallace
September 14th, 2008 by Evil Beet
On Wednesday, I made an obscure reference to Infinite Jest, which is probably the one and only time I’ve referenced the works of David Foster Wallace — a literary hero of mine — in the history of anything I’ve written ever.
On Friday, David Foster Wallace hung himself at his home in Claremont, California. He was 46.
Wallace is also the author of the brilliant Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, which was just made into a movie — directed by John Krasinski.
You were the best, dude. The best. I’m sorry you didn’t find what you were looking for.
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How very, very sad.
WHAT!?!?! I echo Beet’s sentiments: You were without a doubt, the best. Infinite Jest is one of my favorite books, and like all things brilliant, it was too short. RIP David Foster Wallace, you will be greatly missed.
Us bookworms just took a major hit. That’s such a bummer.
i go to the school he taught at and its def. hit some students really hard. he was a lot of ppl’s intellectual hero.
I heard about this early this morning… I was totally blown away – stunned. I still am.
Hey baffled: my brother goes to your school, and David Foster Wallace was totally his hero….he was hoping to get into a class with him at some point. I know it hit him hard. I’m still in shock.
*is his hero
:(
Rest in Peace.
Shocking, turtured, hope it doesn’t hurt any more bud x
Beautifully put, Beet. This is terribly sad news for us all. DFW was one of the leading lights of his generation–a great artist and a great man.
Who is this guy?