David Foster Wallace - RIP

This is my fourth try at writing a decent obituary for one of the few heroes in my life, David Foster Wallace. I can't do it.

I've spent the last couple hours reading articles, blogs, essays and one-word screams of 'NO!' on message boards expressing, together, a cacophony of confusion and condolences. I feel sick, sad and alone.

The way he looked at the world - his deeply analyzed yet unfiltered understanding of The Way Things Really Are - is the closest thing I have come to someone - anyone - having even a glimpse inside How I Think.

The fire became worse than the fall.

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I saw him speak in 2006.
Kenyon College Commencement Speech - (a must-read)