Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. Formerly of The Rumpus and McSweeney’s and most recently the founding editor of BuzzFeed Books, Isaac is now the co-host of BuzzFeed News’ Twitter Morning Show, #AMtoDM. He also appears frequently on
The Today Show to talk books, and is co-author of
Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and
Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (with Recipes) (winner of an IACP award), and the author of a YA novel and picture book forthcoming from Bloomsbury. He uses
Twitter.
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I only stumbled upon Wallace recently, and it was enlightening, encouraging at this late date (I am an elder, and new blogger) Sad to know he joined the ranks of many great thinkers and writers (Loren Eiseley, Virginia Woolf and Jerzy Kosinski come to mind, but there are so many more) whose depth of talent did not compensate enough to compel them to go on living and writing. I have been accessing all I can of Wallace since my stumble, and will soon construct a blog post to share him with others, and perhaps a more extensive addressing this issue of notable suicides. (I have a modest 11 followers to date, but many readers. Thanks for spreading the word wide.
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