Tag: David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace: Suicide and the Death of Agency
Today is the 10th anniversary of David Foster Wallaceâs suicide. While itâs not fair to build an entire theory on an incredibly complicated issue like suicide around one person, Wallaceâs death should challenge the common narratives around suicide â that âmental illnessâ causes it and that âwe canât ever know why people do it.â Both of these are self-serving platitudes that are simply not true.