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Sep 15 2008

David Foster Wallace is dead

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David Foster Wallace

Why do all the writers I like kill themselves?

David Foster Wallace, author of Infinite Jest and a lot of other things, as well as one of the most ferociously intelligent and talented writers I have ever had the pleasure of reading,…

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Aug 31 2008

On loss

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Losing a loved one is a catastrophic event. It’s so catastrophic that its occurrence inevitably divides one’s life into a “pre-” and a “post-”; in my case, that is, there are two high-level categories of events: those that happened before…

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Nov 28 2007

The Undertaking

Thomas Lynch • The Undertaking The Undertaking by Thomas Lynch
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 1998
Pages: 224
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My reading The Undertaking is all Lauren’s fault. I had, surprisingly, never heard of Lynch until she mentioned him, and then I was struck with a…

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Jul 24 2007

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

J.K. Rowling • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine
Year: 2007
Pages: 784
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The following review may contain minor spoilers. It will likely contain more severe spoilers for readers who have not yet…

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Apr 11 2007

R.I.P. Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut has passed away at the age of 84.

Kurt Vonnegut, the satirical novelist who captured the absurdity of war and questioned the advances of science in darkly humorous works such as “Slaughterhouse-Five” and “Cat’s Cradle,” died Wednesday. He was…

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