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In memory of David Foster Wallace, 1962-2008

A tribute to the great American novelist who left us all a little less alone.
By Laura Miller

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  • Monday, September 15, 2008 06:23 AM

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    David Foster Wall

    (how long had he been sober?)

    (let) (let) (let) (let) (ace)

    Mitch Hedberg said it

    I played tennis with the wall

    that thing's relentless

    the lines on the court

    contain the game, but the game

    cannot be contained

    so things appear with

    their opposites - loneliness

    draws us together

    he lay on the beach

    and the tide was way way out

    in the beginning

    but and so ...

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