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By: Five Dials Publishes DFW Memorials « biblioklept

Five Dials Publishes DFW Memorials « biblioklept — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:26:43 +0000

[...] editor, publisher, and writers Zadie Smith, George Saunders, Don DeLillo, and Jonathan Franzen. Here’s what we wrote when we found out about DFW’s death. Tagged with: David Foster Wallace, Don DeLillo, Five Dials, George Saunders, Jonathan Franzen, [...]

By: j. herzog

j. herzog — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:25:24 +0000

He was not only brilliant, but unlike many pomo would be geniuses, he had great heart.

What a kick in the gut.

By: Damon

Damon — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:28:52 +0000

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news and bust up your Sunday like that, but I just figured you would want to know.

It’s a sad thing for sure. I don’t have the same connection with DFW, being that I only read Brief Interviews With Hideous Men and some of his essays.

It’s a sad day for American literature and the creative community at large. Great thinkers and writers are rare and DFW could certainly be considered great.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:11:57 +0000

Very well said. Hard and horrible to imagine. Thanks for the words and I, too, would love to hear the mp3 if you get a chance.

By: ed biblioklept

ed biblioklept — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:35:10 +0000

Thanks for the replies, Peter and Josh. Peter, I don’t really have Biblioklept set up for mp3 downloads anymore, but I’ll work on it this week and hopefully have some of those readings up by the end of the week. If you’re in a hurry, you can find them on Soulseek.

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:21:54 +0000

Thanks. I feel the same way(s).

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:06:42 +0000

Thank you for this. You express how I feel as well.

Do you have a link to the reading DFW gave (overachieving boy)?

Thanks again,

Peter