Author, MacArthur Genius David Foster Wallace Commits Suicide
Posted By Spencer Cross On September 15, 2008 @ 11:17 am In Obituaries | Comments Disabled
[1]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 [2] 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 [3], 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 [4], used under CC license. [5]
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[1] : http://flickr.com/photos/ari/88148201/
[2] found dead in his Claremont home: http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-wallace14-2008sep14,0,4713013.story
[3] Infinite Jest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_Jest
[4] Steve Rhodes: http://www.flickr.com/people/ari/
[5] CC license.: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en
[6] Suicide is painless. But is it funny?: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/09/09/suicide-is-painless-but-is-it-funny/
[7] Songs About Los Angeles: "MacArthur Park" by Donna Summer: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/05/01/songs-about-los-angeles-macarthur-park-by-donna-summer/
[8] These Dogs Need Foster Homes: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/04/30/these-dogs-need-foster-homes/
[9] David Gough At The Hive: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/04/24/david-gough-at-the-hive/
[10] Metblogs Author Submissions: I’m sorry, you’re not on the list: http://la.metblogs.com/2008/12/21/metblogs-submissions-im-sorry-youre-not-on-the-list/
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