Originally Posted By: zmjezhd
Including his two references to William Safire.

It may have been an OCR problem. This book either silently corrects Wallace or correctly cites him: link). And for three other views of DFW and on snootism: (link, link, and link).


yes, FWIW I've just read the offending(?) piece as reprinted in Foster's collection of essays, Consider the Lobster. It's easy to see there how the OCR got confused into reading the 'f' as a 't'. There are no 'Satire's, other than (possibly) Wallace's own posturing as an expert.

-joe (the imposture) friday