David Wallace Tribute

Ouch.

I found out about this while watching This Week with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday. The news shook me to my core. DFW was a true literary genius. I spent months of my life immersed in Infinite Jest, finishing the book. It was a sprawling, insanely challenging, hysterically funny, obscenely violent, frequently exasperating, but ultimately profound work. IJ is a part of my life. I subsequently read his short stories. What a gift he was to our society. David Foster Wallace raised the bar for intellectual thinking. This is a huge loss. I'd always hoped that he had another great novel in him. It is so sad that many of the most brilliant literary minds find suicide the only answer. One can only wonder why?

My deepest condolences to his wife, family, and friends. DFW, you were too beautiful for this world. Thank you for your words. Rest in peace.