Books Fiction, Not Autobiography
posted by October 1 at 14:34 PM
onI feel like an idiot, but the David Foster Wallace story I recommended earlier today was fiction, not autobiography. (I’m still trying to track down where my source found a reference to it that way.)
I guess it still hurts to read, though in a different way. I’m so sorry about the confusion.
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Just delete that post, and this one, and pretend like it never happened. That's what your average blogger would do.
Jen is a responsible hack Poe. She takes accountability when she's blatantly foolish.
For the record, I do not believe Jen is a hack. I think a majority of the artists she covers are tho.
I thought it was too good that his friend from the psych ward was named May Aculpa.
Take it from a pill popping depresso...it may not have officially been an autobiography but it is WAY to accurate and familiar to not have alot of truth in it
Ditto #5. Also, I figured the names were changed to protect the innocent.
i still appreciate the post and liked the story. there is a display of early talent and it makes DFW's suicide all the sadder. thanks.
I'm glad you apologized and took responsibility, because reading that with the other article left me in a bit of a dysphoric haze this afternoon.
i have a hard time believing he wasn't relating, to a large extent, his own experiences
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