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