Two pieces of shocking news out of Los Angeles today.First, the death of David Foster Wallace, the Roy E. Disney Professor of English at Pomona and one of the most influential writers of the past 20 years. Wallace hung himself in his home in Claremont on Friday, and was discovered by his wife. Dean of the College Gary Kates sent out an email yesterday to the student body explaining the situation and asking all of us to respect his family's privacy (especially where questions from national media outlets are concerned.)
Also on Friday, a Metrolink train going from Los Angeles to Simi Valley collided head on with another train, claiming 25 lives and injuring 135 others. The accident was one of the worst Southern California train accidents to occur in over 50 years, and officially makes Metrolink's already spotty safety record among the worst in the nation. It's especially harrowing for me since I took the Ventura Line to work every morning this past summer. It's strange to think about what difference a couple of months has made.
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I think this is a better link. Not because this is a magazine I subscribe to, but because it has led some insight into the mind of the writer.
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