Sweet Erik, I love you. Warmly, Szonja

Erik, like Harry says, I have nothing useful to add. I am very sad and all of us, Paula, Aisha, Safina and myself - are sending our love to you at this moment. Please let me know when to visit. I'm coming to see you, boss!

Oh, Erik, I am so sad to read this.

We will find the best possible homes for your books, where they will be USED.

Sending along solidarity, but this is crushing news. Keep on keeping on, but if you have tasks that require assistance, I am more than happy to help. I am right down the street in Milwaukee and on sabbatical this coming semester.

All the best,
Mike McCarthy

Erik, this is crushing to read. You’ve infected so much of my thinking about the world. I’ll forever have a tiny, cartoon version of EOW hovering over my shoulder when I’m constructing an argument. We all completely adore you, sending love to you and Marcia.

Xo
David

Dear Erik,
I, like so many others, am crying as I read this, even though I am not surprised given that I've also been getting some news via my Aunt Ellen. Thank you for your honesty about it, for facing into your mortality directly, and helping all of us do so also. Though I share your optimistic temperament, I appreciate also turning to face the darkness.

I am happy to help with logistics though I imagine there are many others with closer ties to the contents of your library than me.

I don't think I would be in Madison if it weren't for you and Marcia, and I am deeply grateful to both of you for that and for your presence in my life and in the academic and non-academic communities we share. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to support you and your family .
Love,
Becca

Dear Erik, I’ve learned so much from you over many years as colleagues, not just about how to be a scholar but about how to be a human being in what can be an impersonal environment. I will carry that with me. Sending much love —Adam

Dear Erik and Marcia

So very sad to read this. Sending back to you the love you have given to so many people for so many years.

I will keep learning from you for as long as the disease permits you to teach us all how to live, how to think seriously, and how to enrich the lives of others.

Dear Erik - What you have been offering to everyone of us - including your journal entries - is something eternal. Much love to you and Marcia. I will keep praying for you.