tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post1643040773472823120..comments2024-03-28T09:46:42.923-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Del Close: In the midst of tragedy, the possibility of laughterNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-78384969692060822772017-05-25T16:14:53.003-05:002017-05-25T16:14:53.003-05:00I guess I was stuck in the Victorian era. Authors ...I guess I was stuck in the Victorian era. Authors became more forthcoming about their bad habits in the 20th Century.<br /><br />TomTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-55791294879012409822017-05-25T15:26:43.915-05:002017-05-25T15:26:43.915-05:00Or it could have been I wrote this on the fly and ...Or it could have been I wrote this on the fly and couldn't reach her, or didn't know about their close collaboration. It is an oversight.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-50357255119122023002017-05-25T14:20:58.050-05:002017-05-25T14:20:58.050-05:00It might have been our style at the time not to me...It might have been our style at the time not to mention partners who were not in fact married.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-37971147096788524592017-05-25T14:20:36.583-05:002017-05-25T14:20:36.583-05:00Oh, I'm sure we can think of good books mined ...Oh, I'm sure we can think of good books mined out of addiction beyond "Confessions of an Opium Eater." How about "Under the Volcano?" How about "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"? "How about "Infinite Jest." A few others come to mind. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-64689803630125668162017-05-25T14:17:16.006-05:002017-05-25T14:17:16.006-05:00Thanks. Thanks. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-1709903796434685502017-05-25T11:40:13.548-05:002017-05-25T11:40:13.548-05:00I'm not sure why you failed to mention his IO ...I'm not sure why you failed to mention his IO partner, Charna Halpern.Maidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00695560604873128421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-59512754084837379132017-05-25T11:17:36.940-05:002017-05-25T11:17:36.940-05:00Yes. Revealing but kind. A departure from the cyni...Yes. Revealing but kind. A departure from the cynical Italian maxim "Only saints die," meaning you practically have to be Hitler to have your faults enummerated in an obit.<br /><br />History is, of course, full of creative drumkards, addicts and scamps. Although only De Quincy turned his addiction into a good book, many of his contemporaries would be judged dope fiends by today's standards. And going further back one can cite thieves, rapists and murderers who left behind enduring works.<br /><br />"We had to destroy the village in order to save it," was attributed to an unnamed Army officer in Vietnam, but expressions of the same sentiment go back at least to Tacitus: Solitudinus facient pacem appellant."<br /><br />TomTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-42822346318218418022017-05-25T10:20:39.645-05:002017-05-25T10:20:39.645-05:00You are undoubtly the best obit writer I have ever...You are undoubtly the best obit writer I have ever read. Every one of your obits give the reader a true sense of who was lost, rather than just the highlights of career or family or press. Those left behind might well beg your attention when their loved one is to be memorialized.okiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414998405758030304noreply@blogger.com