http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/09/13/on-david-foster-wallace/ The Gay Recluse: Observation, philosophy and other notes on the beauty and dissonance of life in the city Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:57:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/09/13/on-david-foster-wallace/#comment-2703 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:00:52 +0000 http://thegayrecluse.wordpress.com/?p=1966#comment-2703 What I liked best about DFW was his absolute refusal to slip into reactionary or dismissive thought. I think many of us would be well-served to think about that a little more.

]]> http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/09/13/on-david-foster-wallace/#comment-1830 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:02:23 +0000 http://thegayrecluse.wordpress.com/?p=1966#comment-1830 Nicely done.

]]> http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/09/13/on-david-foster-wallace/#comment-1770 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:29:01 +0000 http://thegayrecluse.wordpress.com/?p=1966#comment-1770 [...] David Foster Wallace | 21 February 1962 – 12 September 2008 David Foster Wallace could write like [Thomas] Pynchon, but unlike Pynchon you got the sense he actually cared about his characters. Ultimately this is why Pynchon will always be so beloved by geeks and adolescents of all ages. Whereas David Foster Wallace is more literary, and probably more obscure. He is Robert Musil to Pynchon’s James Joyce. – The Gay Recluse [...]

]]> http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/09/13/on-david-foster-wallace/#comment-1768 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:02:15 +0000 http://thegayrecluse.wordpress.com/?p=1966#comment-1768 What an elegaic memorial to an amazing writer (one of my genuine favorites, as well). I hope you won’t mind if I cite a few of your words in my own blog.

]]> http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/09/13/on-david-foster-wallace/#comment-1759 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:44:38 +0000 http://thegayrecluse.wordpress.com/?p=1966#comment-1759 Great post. Loved the handling of those horrible men, btw.

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