Less than six months after David Foster Wallace committed suicide in 2008 at the age of 46, D. T. Max published a long article in The New Yorker about Wallace, his depression and his attempts to write a new novel. That essay spurred Mr. Max’s new book, “Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story,” the first biography of Wallace. Michiko Kakutani called it a “revealing” book that “gives us a sympathetic appraisal of Wallace’s life and work, tracing the connections between the two, while mapping the wellsprings of his philosophical vision.” In a recent e-mail interview, Mr. Max discussed Wallace’s literary influences, his sometimes tumultuous relationships with women, the role of God in his life and more. Below are edited excerpts from the conversation:
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/12/god-mary-karr-and-ronald-reagan-d-t-max-on-david-foster-wallace/
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