I still get super sad when I think of our author friend's untimely demise. I recently read a bunch of articles, one of which was:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/03/09/090309fa_fact_maxThat's not the newest thing ever so maybe it's been posted here already. It was a really penetrating look into David as a person, teacher, husband, son. I'm so thankful they treated his depression like the serious illness it was.
I have begun collecting some DFW memorabilia. I wish I had gone to take a class with him at ISU when I had the chance.