"Humor writer/essayist David Rakoff has died from cancer, confirmed by his brother, comedian Simon Rakoff, via Facebook. He was 47." - laura x

I once saw David Rakoff and David Sedaris at a joint reading, hosted, of course, by Ira Glass. - laura x

I used to work with him at the same publishing company in the early 90s. I can't pretend to have known him very well but he did hit me up a set of the complete works of Freud, which was published by the imprint I worked for. - Stephen le Francoeur

laurax - jealous! - Louise "Weezy" Alcorn

RIP - Derrick