wallace-l: Thank You

[Marco Carbone]

Jason K., did your mind just get blown too?

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 4:04 PM, KF <kfitz47 at gmail.com> wrote:
> He was, in fact, extremely fond of The Wire -- he stopped me in the hall one
> day last year and said, look, I really want to sit down and pick your brain
> about this, because I'm really developing the conviction that the best
> writing being done in America today is being done for The Wire.  Am I crazy
> to think that?
>
> And all I could think was -- David Foster Wallace wants to pick MY brain?
>
> --K.
>
> On 16 Sep 2008, at 1:13 PM, Marco Carbone wrote:
>
>> Thank you for those thoughts, KF -- you were actually on my mind soon
>> after I heard the news, as you are the only person I "know" who knew
>> DW the man and DFW the writer.
>>
>> Since you mentioned it, I have to ask: was he fond of The Wire?  The
>> Wire, to me, comes very close to the ideal he wrote about in his
>> Dostoevsky essay about the modern novel, even if it was more of a
>> telenovel.
>>
>> -marco
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Brian <brian_cochran at sbcglobal.net>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've also appreciated everyone's heartfelt and thoughtful responses to
>>> this tragedy.
>>>
>>> I teared up especially when someone quoted the Poor Yorick speech of
>>> Hamlet.
>>>
>>> We are attached to the guy in a mysterious way. He gave of himself in
>>> search of truth and making the world a better place in as intelligent and
>>> mature a way he could. We respond to that with our gratitude and our own
>>> work to understand and grow as human beings, to be as considerate and kind
>>> in our spheres as he in his.
>>>
>>> My wife wrote something Sunday which might help a tiny bit with coming to
>>> grips with depression and our Loss:
>>>
>>> http://relationshiptipsbyevelyn.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: KF <kfitz47 at gmail.com>
>>> To: Wallace-l <wallace-l at waste.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 12:02:27 PM
>>> Subject: wallace-l: Thank You
>>>
>>> Dear all --
>>>
>>> Your thoughts are a huge part of what's kept me going for the last few
>>> days.  Thank you for all of them, for your kindness and your
>>> sensitivity.
>>>
>>> I've managed to collect myself enough to post this --
>>> http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/in-memoriam/
>>> .
>>>
>>> I'll post more here as I can.  Please take care, and thank you all
>>> again for your tributes -- they've meant the world to me.
>>>
>>> All best,
>>> KF
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