tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post2988575921362247160..comments2023-10-31T03:54:17.210-05:00Comments on Thus Blogged Anderson: Barbour and depression (see, not quite 100%)Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02325205512110155291noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-52928308706069189722011-04-07T18:24:12.046-05:002011-04-07T18:24:12.046-05:00I'm jealous. I just read a bio of Isabella Bl...I'm jealous. I just read a bio of Isabella Blow who also committed suicide but she was a total bitch. Stole her sisters' inheritance. To lose (or I think it's "loose" now based on reading blogs) DFW, though, is sad.Janenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-89704538365731438102011-04-07T17:21:23.299-05:002011-04-07T17:21:23.299-05:00Yeah, the cruise and state-fair essays are pricele...Yeah, the cruise and state-fair essays are priceless. I saw him read from the latter in NYC back in the day.Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325205512110155291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-47881190611079285992011-04-07T16:45:28.425-05:002011-04-07T16:45:28.425-05:00I've read some of them. Is that the piece abo...I've read some of them. Is that the piece about the cruise? "Cause that's a great one. I want to be able to write like that. Guess it's not going to happen now.Janenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-35018818901267873002011-04-07T13:22:17.065-05:002011-04-07T13:22:17.065-05:00Then you should definitely read DFW's nonficti...Then you should definitely read DFW's nonfiction, esp. the essays in <i>A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again</i>, if you haven't already.Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325205512110155291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-58525958868205525652011-04-07T11:39:04.018-05:002011-04-07T11:39:04.018-05:00I got bogged down with Infinite Jest because there...I got bogged down with Infinite Jest because there was too much tennis. Lipsky's book, though, about the week he spent with DFW is fascinating. DFW's brain is fascinating.Janenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-64500953146063400172011-04-07T09:56:06.157-05:002011-04-07T09:56:06.157-05:00Yeah, I might get it from the library, but I suspe...Yeah, I might get it from the library, but I suspect there's a good reason he had a hard time with it.Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325205512110155291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-9951606154369175612011-04-07T09:23:41.936-05:002011-04-07T09:23:41.936-05:00I guess you've seen that DFW's last unfini...I guess you've seen that DFW's last unfinished book has been published.Janenoreply@blogger.com