In the latest issue of London Review of Books, Patricia Lockwood uses David Foster Wallace’s posthumous novella, Something to Do with Paying Attention, which was part of his draft of The Pale King, to write a long essay—it’s 8,121 words—taking stock of David Foster Wallace. Some people on Twitter loved it. Others did not.
I don’t really care for David Foster Wallace’s fiction, but whatever one thinks of Lockwood’s essay, it does strike me as very much du jour.
First, a confession: Some people find Lockwood funny, but to me her zingers come off as too rehearsed.
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