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June 5, 2010

The News Of My Passing

Last week, within the space of 24 hours, I received two letters from new readers concerned about my well being after happening upon my bio here at this site. It's something I've scarcely thought about the last three years - If you haven't seen it, it is written in the past tense and includes the following parenthetical after my name: (1980-2007). I was asked about it again in an interview yesterday, so I figured I should provide a note of explanation. It was written in the summer of 2007, during a period of my life in which I seriously questioned whether or not I'd survive the year. At some point during that period, I stripped down my website and gave it an aesthetic overhaul; when I arrived at my short autobiography, I included that parenthetical as both an impetuous extension of my state of mind, and a post-dated safety catch. Just in case. Suffice to say, I'm still here, and have left that memento standing more out of forgetfulness than anything else. I describe it as a joke, when people ask, which at this point it is. Blackly comic, as the worst of times often become in retrospect.

Posted by David Lowery at June 5, 2010 1:10 AM