David Foster Wallace was found dead in his home last night from an apparent suicide by hanging. (See previous post). For interviews and other links about the work of David Foster Wallace, who won a MacArthur Genius Grant in 1997 and published an impressive and critically acclaimed body of work, see Saturday’s post. Read yesterday’s…Continue reading David Foster Wallace on John McCain
Category: Our World
Death of David Foster Wallace
As the death toll climbs from yesterday’s horrific Metrolink commuter train accident in LA, news comes of another death in Southern California. David Foster Wallace, author of Infinite Jest, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Girl With Curious Hair, and other works of fiction and nonfiction, was found dead last night at his home in Claremont…Continue reading Death of David Foster Wallace
Sarah Palin & the Land of the Lost
A lot of things scare me about Sarah Palin. Here are a few: 1) Sarah Palin belongs to a freaky cult movement called Third Wave, whose mission is to is to train “a young “Joel’s Army” to take dominion over the United States and the world.” In June, she spoke to young Third Wave disciples…Continue reading Sarah Palin & the Land of the Lost
double speak
Talk about flip-flopping! O’Reilly says teen pregnancy is the parents’ fault (unless it’s Sarah Palin’s daughter); Dick Morris thinks it’s okay to level blatant sexist attacks against Hillary, not okay to question Palin about anything, ever; Karl Rove attacks previous Obama VP contendor for having only three years gubernatorial experience and for being mayor of…Continue reading double speak
Falling for Steve Forbert…again
Kevin and I went to see Steve Forbert last night at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley to celebrate Kevin’s birthday. The first time Kevin gave me a Steve Forbert song on a mixed tape–Fayetteville, Arkanasas, circa 1994, “Romeo’s Tune”–I was in my early twenties, fresh out of Alabama by way of Knoxville, and I couldn’t…Continue reading Falling for Steve Forbert…again