New Connor
Philip Connor’s Diary of a Fire Lookout appears in the current Paris Review, and in State by State he considers Minnesota.
Philip Connor’s Diary of a Fire Lookout appears in the current Paris Review, and in State by State he considers Minnesota.
Thanks for the condolences, everyone. Times like these, I like to soothe myself with the devout pessimist’s mantra: Things could always be worse. To that end, I’m rereading As I Lay Dying. My father’s latest intrigue notwithstanding, at least Sister and I don’t have to help him forge a flooded river with our grandpa’s casket. I don’t have much time . . .
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Infinite Jest author David Foster Wallace is reported dead of an apparent suicide at the age of 46. (Confirmed.)