Comments on: David Foster Wallace — Updated http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=150 Peter Sagal is an author, playwright, screenwriter, essayist and the host of NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:40:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Burt http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=150#comment-11422 Burt Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:04:09 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=150#comment-11422 His long piece on radio talk show host John Ziegler is at http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200504/wallace His long piece on radio talk show host John Ziegler is at http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200504/wallace

]]> By: Lisa http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=150#comment-11398 Lisa Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:13:26 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=150#comment-11398 I'm very moved by Peter Sagal's -- and others' -- tributes to DFW in the past few days. The writing ABOUT him makes me realize how deeply thoughtful and sensitive people are (whom I never thought had it in them, ahem?) It makes me feel surrounded by a soulful, albeit sad, universe. I am, however, also ANGRY that modern medicine (or incompetent care?) couldn't help him. There are so many new efficacious drugs, and one or two brilliant therapists too... His suicide is a blow for those of us who also suffer from clinical depression, as well as a tremendous loss of a unique and marvelous voice. I’m very moved by Peter Sagal’s — and others’ — tributes to DFW in the past few days. The writing ABOUT him makes me realize how deeply thoughtful and sensitive people are (whom I never thought had it in them, ahem?) It makes me feel surrounded by a soulful, albeit sad, universe.

I am, however, also ANGRY that modern medicine (or incompetent care?) couldn’t help him. There are so many new efficacious drugs, and one or two brilliant therapists too… His suicide is a blow for those of us who also suffer from clinical depression, as well as a tremendous loss of a unique and marvelous voice.

]]> By: RIP DFW | A Blander Blog http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=150#comment-11389 RIP DFW | A Blander Blog Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:43:27 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=150#comment-11389 [...] Peter Sagal - Blog » Blog Archive » David Foster Wallace …towering above everyone else, DFW, for his sheer brilliance, his curiosity, his unbounded appetite for observation and thought and analysis… [...] […] Peter Sagal - Blog » Blog Archive » David Foster Wallace …towering above everyone else, DFW, for his sheer brilliance, his curiosity, his unbounded appetite for observation and thought and analysis… […]

]]> By: Rachel http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=150#comment-11388 Rachel Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:15:56 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=150#comment-11388 I was terribly sad when I heard, too. DFW was one of my favorite authors. He wrote about everything, and pulled off all sorts of crazy tricks and made it look easy. Reading him was exciting, and I'm heartbroken there won't be any more. I was terribly sad when I heard, too. DFW was one of my favorite authors. He wrote about everything, and pulled off all sorts of crazy tricks and made it look easy. Reading him was exciting, and I’m heartbroken there won’t be any more.

]]> By: Hannah http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=150#comment-11387 Hannah Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:20:33 +0000 http://petersagal.com/wordpress/?p=150#comment-11387 As a student at Pomona College I can say that everyone here feels the same way as you, and that we've also lost an excellent teacher and mentor. He was an exceptional person and he will be missed. As a student at Pomona College I can say that everyone here feels the same way as you, and that we’ve also lost an excellent teacher and mentor. He was an exceptional person and he will be missed.

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