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,…
Archive for the tag 'death'
Aug 31 2008
On loss
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…
Nov 28 2007
The Undertaking
The Undertaking by Thomas Lynch- Publisher: Penguin
- Year: 1998
- Pages: 224
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- №56
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…
Jul 24 2007
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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- №32
The following review may contain minor spoilers. It will likely contain more severe spoilers for readers who have not yet…
Apr 11 2007
R.I.P. 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…