Author, MacArthur Genius David Foster Wallace Commits Suicide

By Spencer Cross
September 15th, 2008 @ 11:17 AM Obituaries

I’ve been battling a cold all weekend, so I’m just now finding out that one of my favorite authors, David Foster Wallace, was found dead in his Claremont home on Friday night, apparently a victim of suicide. Wallace was a nimble writer that bounced easily between essay, novel and short fiction, and is likely most well known for his epic tome of a novel, Infinite Jest, a serious contender for the top of my Best Book Ever Written list. To my shame, I never knew he lived so close, but he’d been teaching creative writing at Pomona College since ‘02.

Photo by Flickr user Steve Rhodes, used under CC license.

Related posts:

  1. Suicide is painless. But is it funny?
  2. Songs About Los Angeles: "MacArthur Park" by Donna Summer
  3. These Dogs Need Foster Homes
  4. David Gough At The Hive
  5. Metblogs Author Submissions: I’m sorry, you’re not on the list

Print this post


1 Comment so far

  1. katiepoche on September 15th, 2008 @ 2:13 pm

    I was so sad to hear about this. He was one of my favorite writers, too. His death is a huge loss, and to hear it was probably suicide is heartbreaking.



Terms of use | Privacy Policy | Content: Creative Commons | Site and Design © 2009 | Metroblogging ® and Metblogs ® are registered trademarks of Bode Media, Inc.