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_maxRead more... )

Hey all, it's your absentee landlord jervo here, just here to apologize for all the spam that's coming through.  I don't really use LJ all that much anymore, but I find I keep having to come back here every day to delete some sort of horrible crap.

As I haven't actively participated in the community (or on LJ itself) in years, and as the community is ( Read more... )

Spot the inspiration here.

Posted April 14, 2010 on Slate, with thanks to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas-Austin for providing the list.

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David Foster Wallace Archive Acquired by Harry Ransom Center

"...The Wallace materials are being processed and organized and will be available to researchers and the public in fall 2010.

Some items from the archive can be viewed at www.hrc.utexas.edu/dfw, and a selection of materials will be on display in the Ransom Center's lobby through April 9

isn't "failed entertainment" normally a pejorative term?

Just thought I would let everyone know that the John Krasinski film adaptation of BIWHM is available onDemand via "IFC in Theaters" if you have that on your cable roster ( Read more... )

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WPR's To the Best of Our Knowledge has a fairly comprehensive hour long remembrance up now.

http://www.infinitesummer.org/