Kathleen Fitzpatrick, an associate Professor at Pomona College, has written a personal review of David Lipsky's book about her late colleague, David Foster Wallace. It's interesting because she compares the David in the book to the David she knew and worked with:
But -- and there's no way to say this other than straight out -- the voice here is not that of the David I knew. Early on in the interview, of course, the difference is that he knows he's on stage; in moments like his banter about getting laid during the book tour, what we get is David performing, rather than David talking. David with all his defenses up, David doing a certain kind of PR dance. But even later in his time with Lipsky, once the performative aspect subsides, the voice on the page is still that of a different person from the one I knew.
(Previously from Kathleen about DFW, Requiescat in Pace)
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