many x-posts - I sincerely doubt it was on purpose. Horrific regardless though.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 18 April 2022 22:59 (one year ago) link
I'm sorry. A social worker friend has told me about such things, but gratuitous speculation here, and an accident does seem more likely.
― dow, Tuesday, 19 April 2022 02:45 (one year ago) link
If his mom is Lydia Davis, why does the NYT article focus exclusively on his dad? (I had no idea that Davis and Auster had been married, though I see it was brief.)
― jaymc, Tuesday, 19 April 2022 04:36 (one year ago) link
Because Auster is more famous than Davis, I imagine.
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 19 April 2022 04:45 (one year ago) link
Yes.
― Wile E. Kinbote (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 19 April 2022 04:48 (one year ago) link
But still.
― Wile E. Kinbote (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 19 April 2022 04:49 (one year ago) link
Just realized I wrote Menendez but obv meant Melendez. Yeah I assume because he’s more famous. Also - he’s written characters that are very obviously based on him and it’s been a very fraught relationship from what I can tell so maybe that’s why? And no need for sorries. I haven’t seen the guy since the late 90s and then only socially etc. It’s just an awful situation and my friend is so upset. I can’t stop thinking about it though. It’s just horrific.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 19 April 2022 07:15 (one year ago) link
Daniel Auster is dead of an overdose:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/nyregion/daniel-auster-dead-arrest-overdose.html
― o. nate, Thursday, 28 April 2022 17:26 (one year ago) link
awful
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 28 April 2022 17:31 (one year ago) link
Ugh
― Eric B. Mash Up the Resident (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 28 April 2022 20:27 (one year ago) link
Yeah. The details surrounding it are fucking awful too but not anything I could/would share. Just unimaginably tragic.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 4 May 2022 21:31 (one year ago) link