Oh my god. He taught at my school. I never saw him around - I get the sense he did his own thing - but I knew people who were lucky enough to get into his class (you had to apply/audition). How horrible. I've yet to read Infinite Jest, but I have read Brief Interviews with Hideous Men and that is definitely worth a read.
You're a Sagehen too? I was just thinking how weirdly personal this is, given that I never met him on campus.
ETA: Also, this makes him the second Pomona prof to commit suicide in the past 4 years. My Greek religion prof. killed himself and a quasi-girlfriend in a murder-suicide in 2004.
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ETA: Also, this makes him the second Pomona prof to commit suicide in the past 4 years. My Greek religion prof. killed himself and a quasi-girlfriend in a murder-suicide in 2004.
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My first reaction when I saw the news was total shock. I admit I didn't care for Infinite Jest, but I really liked his nonfiction work a lot.
Shit. And suicide, too. What a goddamned shame.
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I'll be really glad to see the ass-end of this year, to be perfectly honest.
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