deaths

DFW RIP

Based on how many of you have emailed me about David Foster Wallace's recent death by his own hand, I perhaps don't need to remind you all of how important his writing has been in my adult life. (But you can see how much I've written about him on this site.) I may have to sit with this news for a few more days before I can say more intelligently.

Sun, 09/14/2008 - 3:15pm
  • Norman Mailer dies at 84. From my youngish perspective, Mailer is often grouped together with Updike, Roth, and Bellow as one of the great white post-war American novelists, but I haven't read a drop of him. Should I? (8) #
    11/10/2007
  • Director Robert Altman dead at 81. MASH, Nashville, The Player, Short Cuts, Gosford Park, etc. -- Altman was a great director who consistently made great movies throughout his long career, perfecting the technique of overlapping dialogue. He will be missed. (7) #
    11/21/2006
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