September 2008
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How Wallace Made Me Smile (GWCH)
Continuing from last night’s post, here are a few lines from Girl with Curious Hair:
From Frontmatter ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SUPPORT TO: The Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Fund for Aimless Children
From “Little Expressionless Animals” “Faye’s thongs squeak and slap. ‘Your shoes sound like sex,’ Julie says.”
From “Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its...
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How Wallace Made Me Smile (ASFTINDA)
I planned on spending the evening going through all of David Foster Wallace’s books and pulling out some passages that have made me laugh or just smile, year after year and rereading after rereading. He moved the hell out of me as a reader, but he also made me laugh out loud and/or smile-while-shaking-my-head in a way no other writer ever has. Turns out making it through just the volume...
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Rest in Peace, David Foster Wallace
One of my very favorite writers, David Foster Wallace, has reportedly killed himself. (LA Times’ obituary is here.) My thoughts go out to his wife and family and friends. All I can say now is that he was incredibly rich, funny, moving, challenging company for all the years I read him. I just pulled down Oblivion from my shelf and found myself unable to stop reading this close to his short...