The LAT reports from the memorial service on the campus of Pomona College for David Foster Wallace. Author Jonathan Franzen recall a conversation from last summer: “Tell me a story about how things will get better,” David Foster Wallace asked. Franzen says, “He was in a terrible and dangerous place as a man and a writer.” The story adds, “Wallace had stopped picking up the phone, Franzen said, his voice cracking, and entered a ‘well of infinite sadness.'” They also note that “Wallace’s students remembered the smiley faces he drew in the margins of their papers. Many commented on how […]
