http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/thomas_m_disch Dead, apparently by suicide, on the 4th of July. I was going to do a phone interview with him later this month for his newest book, The Word of God. It's not so much a novel as a collection of short stories, with commentary by Disch, who, in the book, claimed to be God. I was looking forward to talking with him. Disch wrote a lot of essays and poetry. On the Internet, he's probably best known as a science-fiction author who wrote books like Camp Concentration. Philip K. Dick also, famously, tried to turn Disch in to the FBI... Copyright 2008 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:34:40 -0800 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:26:44 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Holy shit. His "Castle of Indolence" was one of the best books about poetry I've read. Really enjoyable. Like Randall Jarrell good. Dang.

]]> MvB http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/thomas_m_disch#c1066736 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/thomas_m_disch#c1066736 Books Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:44:30 -0800 Oh, that's so SAD. I just opened a package from Amazon about 10 minutes ago with The Word of God in it. Now I'll be reading it in a totally different context.

]]> PattiS http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/thomas_m_disch#c1066739 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/thomas_m_disch#c1066739 Books Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:46:06 -0800 A great writer, especially of short stories. Didn't he release a book (or booklet) with a CD by local band Bloodhag not too long ago?

]]> Ramdu http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/thomas_m_disch#c1066759 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/thomas_m_disch#c1066759 Books Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:06:26 -0800 The book with Bloodhag is called Mecca Mettle. Beautiful little hardcover, limited to three hundred copies.

]]> the shelver http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/thomas_m_disch#c1066854 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/thomas_m_disch#c1066854 Books Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:26:44 -0800