The Wake

David Lipsky accompanied DFW on his book tour for his breakout success Infinite Jest. On an assignment to profile the man for Rolling Stone, the article fell through. This book is a full transcript of that six-day interview.

This book is the second link in the hopefully-short chain of cash-ins on David Foster Wallace’s suicide. The first, This is Water, was a despicable little book reprinting the transcript of a brief graduation address Wallace made (available …

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What does it mean for young people to make old-time music? This question is unavoidable in a discussion of an album like this one, but I don’t have a clear answer. Is it dishonest for educated young people to sing songs about working all day and not being able to read? Is it objectionable to be nostalgic for an idealized period of time in which you never lived, or is that form of escapism harmless? …

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