This is from memory, but ISTR people claiming that Wallace's characterizations in essays like "Shipping Out" are mostly fictionalized for (successful!) literary

This is from memory, but ISTR people claiming that Wallace's characterizations in essays like "Shipping Out" are mostly fictionalized for (successful!) literary value. Edit: Found it: Franzen thinks that his dialogues were implausible[1]. [1]: https://www.theawl.com/2011/10/a-supposedly-true-thing-jonathan-franzen-said-about-david-foster-wallace/#.t1qt4lyho https://www.theawl.com/2011/10/a-supposedly-true-thing-jonat...