February 2011
January 2011
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New Fleet Foxes -...
Between the Bars - Elliott Smith (live,...
“It seems to me that the intellectualization and aestheticizing of principles and...”
– David Foster Wallace
The Only Moment We Were Alone - Explosions in the...
“It was unsatisfactory, they agreed, how little one knew people.”
– Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
“I actually have a couple stories that might make people smile about David as a...”
– Sally Wallace
Memories of David Foster Wallace →
“Following is a transcript of a memorial service held for David Foster Wallace on 26 October 2008 at Underwood Park in Normal, Illinois. Twenty-one friends and relatives attended, including Jim and Sally Wallace, the author’s parents. The transcript has never before been published. The first speaker, whom I’ve identified as J, recorded and transcribed the event. J later read...
Why the responsible reporting of mental health... →
A soon-to-be-published research report on coverage of mental illness in the US and British mainstream media shows there is no room for complacency.
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This is a very important issue to me. Please click through and read the whole (relatively short) piece. If it convinces even one person to stop using “psycho” or “crazy” or “schizo” as a deragatory...
“No one who, like me, conjures up the most evil of those half-tamed demons that...”
– Sigmund Freud, Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria
Being married is really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really hard.
“It is a curious emotion, this certain homesickness I have in mind. With...”
– Carson McCullers
Harvard Psychedelic Club: 1956 Footage Of... →
Here’s some rare footage of an experimental LSD session that I came across doing research for my next book, a group biography of British writer Aldous Huxley, philosopher Gerald Heard, and Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. It’s from a television program, circa 1956, about mental health issues.
The researcher, Dr. Sidney Cohen, was dosing volunteers at the...
Watchlaurataylor:
A video collage from the past several months. Shot with a Canon SD600 and Canon G12.
I couldn’t help myself — the deliciously sad, cinematic music is Max Richter -Infra 4
You can buy the song or entire album here.
I love this.
A short conversation between David Lipsky and...
essayist:
// ]]]]>]]> Again, this does not, strictly, fall within the purview of The Essayist, but we thought it interesting so posted it anyway.
Click through to hear audio from one of Lipsky’s DFW’s interviews…
Our Psychic Living Room (or, why it's important to... →
With Wallace, what you see is what you get. His sentences may be stem-winding, but they’re earnest. In fact, most of Wallace’s fiction is so un-ironic and nonhipster that critics have actually accused it of risking sentimentality.
What Wallace is often trying to say in his fiction and essays—the message, as it were, at the heart of so much outpouring of feeling—is simple: think about...
Wake and Be Fine - Okkervil River
(mp3 of their...
What is your attachment style? →
This interactive survey takes about 5 minutes to complete. The questionnaire is designed to measure your ‘attachment style’—the way you relate to others in the context of intimate relationships. When completed, the site will reveal your attachment style, and provide a brief summary of what is known about your attachment style on the basis of contemporary scientific research. ...
A short conversation between David Lipsky and...
essayist:
// ]]]]>]]> Again, this does not, strictly, fall within the purview of The Essayist, but we thought it interesting so posted it anyway.
Click through to hear audio from one of Lipsky’s DFW’s interviews…
douglasmartini asked: You are having an exclusive dinner party where you can invite one author, one director, and one musicians. The catch is they all have to be dead. Who do you pick and why?
Anonymous asked: Why won't Mimicking Birds come to Minnesota? If you could only see one live show this year, who would it be?
halfsubmerged asked: what's the one song that can make you cry (or close to) every time?