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'''David Lipsky''' is an American author. His works have been [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' bestsellers]], ''[[New York Times]]'' [[New York Times Notable Book|Notable Books]], ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', [[Amazon's Best Books of the Year|Amazon]], ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'',  and [[NPR]] Best Books of the Year, and have been included in ''The Best American Magazine Writing'' and ''[[The Best American Short Stories]]'' collections.

Lipsky received the [[National Magazine Award]] in 2009. He was portrayed by [[Jesse Eisenberg]] in the 2015 feature film ''[[The End of the Tour]]'', an adaptation of his memoir ''[[Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself]]''. He is a contributing editor at ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.<ref name="Brooks">{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E2DE113AF930A25754C0A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2/ |title=Huah!|first=David |last=Brooks |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 13, 2003 |access-date=January 18, 2008}}</ref> He currently lives in New York City.

==Background and education==
David Lipsky was born in [[New York City]], and is the son of the [[Lyrical Abstraction|painter]] [[Pat Lipsky]].<ref name="Atlas, James 1996">Atlas, James, "The Art Fair", ''Vogue'', June 1996.</ref> He graduated from [[Stuyvesant High School]] in 1983 and matriculated at [[Bennington College]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a27434009/bennington-college-oral-history-bret-easton-ellis/|title=Money, Madness, Cocaine and Literary Genius: An Oral History of the 1980s' Most Decadent College|last=Anolik|first=Lili|date=2019-05-28|website=Esquire|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-08}}</ref> Lipsky transferred in his sophomore year to [[Brown University]], where he graduated [[magna cum laude]] and studied with the writer [[John Hawkes (novelist)|John Hawkes]].<ref>Gale Reference Team, "David Lipsky," Contemporary Authors (Biography), Chicago: Thomson Gale, 2006.</ref> He received his [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] from [[Johns Hopkins University]], where he studied with the novelist [[John Barth]]. Lipsky currently teaches creative writing at the M.F.A. program at [[New York University]].

As an undergraduate, Lipsky published his story "Three Thousand Dollars" in ''[[The New Yorker]]''.<ref>Klinghoffer, David, "Three Thousand Dollars," ''National Review'', September 29, 1989</ref> It was selected by [[Raymond Carver]] as one of the ''[[Best American Short Stories]]'' of 1986. Carver was surprised by the author's youth, noting in his introduction, <blockquote>I confess to not having read David Lipsky before this. Have I been asleep and missed some stories of his, or maybe even a novel or two? I don't know. I do know I intend to pay attention from now on.<ref>Carver, Raymond, ''The Best American Short Stories of 1986'', Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. p. xv.</ref></blockquote>

==Career==

===''Three Thousand Dollars'' and ''The Art Fair''===

{{main|Three Thousand Dollars}}

As a graduate student, Lipsky wrote the stories that would become his first book, ''[[Three Thousand Dollars]]'' (1989). The novelist [[John Gregory Brown]] explained, "It was kind of apparent that Lipsky might have the brightest future of anyone [here]."<ref>Duffy, Jim, "Absolutely Unexpected," ''Johns Hopkins Magazine'', November 2003.</ref> The book was well received upon publication, with the trade publication ''[[Booklist]]'' summarizing, "Critics loved Lipsky's short story collection";<ref>{{cite journal |last=Seaman |first=Donna |title=The Art Fair |journal=Booklist |date=May 15, 1996}}</ref> the author was seen to possess "unlimited depth and range of vision,"<ref>Combrey, Richard, "Reading for a Cold Winter's Night," ''San Francisco Chronicle'', December 31, 1989.</ref> and the stories were compared to the works of [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Kendall |first=Elaine |title=Marking the Potholes, Pitfalls for Eighties Youth |journal=Los Angeles Times |date=December 22, 1989}}</ref> The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', while noting the book's "astonishing insights into the New York art world,"  concluded, "Lipsky has given his contemporaries a general autobiography, one that will fit the majority with only minor adjustments."

{{main|The Art Fair}}

His novel ''[[The Art Fair]]'' (1996), a [[bildungsroman]] composed of a number of autobiographical elements, tells the story of Richard and Joan Freely—a New York artist and her precocious son. The novel won rave reviews and was named a [[Time Magazine|''Time'']] Best Book of the Year. The work earned Lipsky comparisons to writers [[Michael Chabon]] and [[Harold Brodkey]].<ref>Kirkus, "The Art Fair," Kirkus, April 1, 1996.</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' called the novel "riveting,"<ref>Eckhoff, Sally, "The Art Fair," ''The New York Times Book Review'', June 9, 1996.</ref> ''[[The New Yorker]]'' described it "a darkly comic love story,"<ref>"The Art Fair," ''The New Yorker'', June 24, 1996</ref> ''[[People Magazine|People]]'' noted, "Lipsky's portrayal of the art world is unblinking, his portrayal of the ties between parent and child deeply affecting";<ref>{{cite journal |last=Kaufman |first=Joanne |title=The Art Fair |journal=People |date=July 29, 1996}}</ref> the critic [[Francine Prose]] called the book's "Darwinian" milieu a "testament to Lipsky's skill"<ref>Prose, Francine, "In Art, Reputation Is Everything," ''Newsday'', May 19, 1996</ref> and [[James Atlas]] wrote "the novel perfectly captures artists and dealers, the tiny gestures of cruelty that confirm or withhold status."<ref name="Atlas, James 1996"/> The trade publication ''[[Library Journal]]'' summarized, "The praise has poured as thick as impasto."<ref>''Library Journal'', "The Art Fair," October 1, 1996.</ref>

===''Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself'' and ''Absolutely American''===

{{external media| float = right| video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?169463-1/absolutely-american-four-years-west-point ''Booknotes'' interview with Lipsky on ''Absolutely American'', August 17, 2003], [[C-SPAN]]}}

{{main|Absolutely American}}

Lipsky's non-fiction book ''[[Absolutely American]]'' (2003) was written after the author spent four years living at [[West Point]]. The book's genesis was a piece Lipsky wrote for ''[[Rolling Stone]]''—the longest article published in that magazine since [[Hunter S. Thompson]]'s ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]''. As ''[[Newsweek]]'' noted, composition of the book required "14,000 pages of interview transcripts, 60 notebooks and four pairs of boots";<ref>Gegax, Trent, "Getting The Point," ''Newsweek'', July 7, 2003.</ref> the magazine called the book "addictive," and [[Lev Grossman]] in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' wrote that it was "fascinating, funny, and tremendously well-written. Take a good look: this is the face America turns to most of the world, and until now it's one that most of us have never seen."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1005180,00.html?iid=chix-sphere |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023083930/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1005180,00.html?iid=chix-sphere |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 23, 2012 |title=Long on the Long Gray Line |first=Lev |last=Grossman |magazine=Time |date=July 6, 2003 |access-date=November 1, 2007}}</ref> In ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]'', [[David Brooks (journalist)|David Brooks]] called the book "wonderfully told," praising it as both "a superb description of modern military culture, and one of the most gripping accounts of university life I have read."<ref name="Brooks" /> Within a few weeks of publication, the work had sold out of most American distributors. As [[Sara Nelson (editor)|Sara Nelson]] reported in the ''[[New York Observer]]'', <blockquote>It's every author's dream: You write a book that everybody loves. It gets fabulous reviews—one of them on the front page of ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]''. You appear on the [[Today (American TV program)|Today show]] and on [[Booknotes 2003|C-Span]] and you tape [[Charlie Rose (talk show)|Charlie Rose]]. There's even interest from Hollywood—and you fly out to take some meetings. There's only one problem: There are precious few copies of your book to be found in the bookstores—and if someone wants one, they're going to have to wait, sometimes as long as three weeks. That's exactly the situation author David Lipsky found himself in last week.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nelson |first=Sara |date=August 13, 2003 |title=Hollywood's Calling But Bookstore Shelves Are Bare |publisher=New York Observer |url=https://observer.com/2003/08/hollywoods-calling-but-bookstore-shelves-are-bare/ |access-date=January 18, 2021}}</ref></blockquote>The work was a ''New York Times'' best-seller,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/27/books/best-sellers-july-27-2003.html |title=Best Sellers: July 27, 2003 |work=New York Times |date=July 27, 2003 |access-date=January 18, 2021}}</ref> [[Amazon's Best Books of the Year|Amazon Best Book of the Year]],<ref name="Amazon">{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=509464|title= Best Books of 2003: Top 50 Editors' Favorites|access-date=January 18, 2021 |work=Amazon.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100814070000/http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=509464|archive-date= August 14, 2010}}</ref> [[New York Times Notable Book]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/07/books/notable-books.html |title=Notable Books 2003 |work=New York Times |date=December 7, 2003 |access-date=January 18, 2021}}</ref> and a ''Time'' magazine Best Book of the Year.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Lacayo |first=Richard |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2001842_2002787_2001977,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120173923/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2001842_2002787_2001977,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 20, 2011 |title=Richard Lacayo and Lev Grossman, "Absolutely American by David Lipsky" |magazine=Time |date=December 18, 2003 |access-date=March 29, 2014}}{{Registration required|date=March 2014}}</ref> Lipsky optioned the motion picture and television rights to the story to [[Disney]].<ref>Sauriol, Patrick, "ABC Goes West Point," ''Variety'', August 13, 2003.</ref>

{{main|Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself}}

In April 2010, Lipsky published ''[[Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself]]'', about a five-day road trip with the writer [[David Foster Wallace]]. In ''Time'' Magazine, Lev Grossman wrote, "The transcript of their brilliant conversations reads like a two-man [[Tom Stoppard]] play or a four-handed duet scored for typewriter."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Grossman |first=Lev |title=Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself |magazine=Time |date=April 16, 2010}}</ref> ''[[The Atlantic|The Atlantic Monthly]]'' called the work, "far-reaching, insightful, very funny, profound, surprising, and awfully human";<ref>{{cite journal |last=Kaiser |first=Menachem |title=The Challenge of Writing About David Foster Wallace |journal=The Atlantic |date=April 22, 2010}}</ref> at [[National Public Radio]], Michael Schaub described the book as "a startlingly sad yet deeply funny postscript to the career of one of the most interesting American writers of all time."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126483112 |title=A Not-So-Brief Interview With David Foster Wallace |first=Michael |last=Schaub |publisher=NPR |date=May 7, 2010 |access-date=May 7, 2010}}</ref> ''Newsweek'' noted, "For readers unfamiliar with the sometimes intimidating Wallace oeuvre, Lipsky has provided a conversational entry point into the writer's thought process. It's odd to think that a book about Wallace could serve both the newbies and the hard-cores, but here it is."<ref>Wallis, Seth Colter, "My Dinners With David," ''Newsweek'', April 22, 2010.</ref> ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'', in a starred review, described the book as "rollicking" and "compellingly real,"<ref>Publishers Weekly, "Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself," April 4, 2010.</ref> ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' as "lovely,"<ref>Sam Sacks, "Irony and Its Discontent," ''The Wall Street Journal''," August 29, 2012.</ref> and [[Laura Miller (journalist)|Laura Miller]] in [[Salon.com|Salon]] called it "exhilarating."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2010/04/04/although_of_course_you_end_up_becoming_yourself |title=Road Trip With David Foster Wallace |first=Laura |last=Miller |work=Salon |date=April 4, 2010 |access-date=May 7, 2010}}</ref> The book was a ''New York Times'' best-seller and an NPR Best Book of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/series/131336530/best-books-of-2010 |title=NPR Best Books of 2010 |website=Npr.org |date= |access-date=March 29, 2014}}</ref>

===''The End of the Tour''===

{{main|The End of the Tour}}

A feature film adaptation of ''Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself'', ''[[The End of the Tour (2014 film)|The End of the Tour]]'', was released in July 2015, with [[Academy Award]]-nominated actor [[Jesse Eisenberg]] portraying Lipsky and [[Jason Segel]] portraying Wallace. In his review for ''[[The New York Times]]'', critic [[A.O. Scott]] wrote, "I love it," adding, "You hang on its every word and revel in its rough, vernacular beauty . . . There will always be films about writers and writing, and this one is just about as good as it gets."<ref name="scott">{{cite news | last = Scott | first = A.O. | author-link = A.O. Scott | title = 'The End of the Tour' Offers A Tale of Two Davids | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = July 31, 2015 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/31/movies/review-the-end-of-the-tour-offers-a-tale-of-two-davids.html | access-date = 2021-01-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161206140355/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/31/movies/review-the-end-of-the-tour-offers-a-tale-of-two-davids.html | archive-date = December 6, 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref>

The film received a 92% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 159 reviews, with an average rating of 8.02/10. The site's critical consensus states: "Brilliantly performed and smartly unconventional, ''The End of the Tour'' pays fitting tribute to a singular talent while offering profoundly poignant observations on the human condition."<ref name="rottentomatoes.com">{{cite web |title=The End of the Tour (2015) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_end_of_the_tour_2015/ |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=January 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920122114/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_end_of_the_tour_2015 |archive-date=September 20, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film also holds a score of 82 out of 100 on [[Metacritic]], based on 35 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-end-of-the-tour|title=The End of the Tour|work=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=18 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707005056/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-end-of-the-tour|archive-date=July 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> At Rogerebert.com, critic Brian Tallerico called the film a "joy," and "stunning . . .a gift of highly intellectual discussion between two brilliant people at turning points in their lives," while also praising Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg.<ref name="tallerico">{{cite news | last = Tallerico | first = Brian | title = ''The End of the Tour'' | work = [[Rogerebert.com]] | date = January 24, 2015 | url = https://www.rogerebert.com/sundance/sundance-2015-the-end-of-the-tour | access-date = 2015-08-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190107182235/https://www.rogerebert.com/sundance/sundance-2015-the-end-of-the-tour | archive-date = January 7, 2019 | url-status = live }}</ref>

The ''[[Washington Post]]''{{'}}s Ann Hornaday gave the film four out of four stars and called it, "A five-day conversation you won't want to end ... Part love story, part road trip, part elegy to a bygone, pre-9/11 age, 'The End of the Tour' brims with compassion and sharply honed insight" about "what it means to be human."<ref name="hornaday">{{cite news | last = Hornaday | first = Ann | title = 'The End of the Tour,' a five-day conversation you won't want to end | newspaper = [[Washington Post]] | date = August 6, 2015 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/the-end-of-the-tour-a-five-day-conversation-you-wont-want-to-end/2015/08/05/f1c75fce-3b78-11e5-9c2d-ed991d848c48_story.html | access-date = 2015-08-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171207122543/https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/the-end-of-the-tour-a-five-day-conversation-you-wont-want-to-end/2015/08/05/f1c75fce-3b78-11e5-9c2d-ed991d848c48_story.html | archive-date = December 7, 2017 | url-status = live }}</ref> In his review for ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', Richard Lawson called it a "wise, humbly sublime film ... a profound, and profoundly affecting, movie, one that had me blubbering with happy-sad tears. What a pleasure to spend two hours in its company."<ref name="lawson">{{cite news | last = Lawson | first = Richard | title = 'The End of the Tour Is a Deeply Affecting Tribute to a Cherished Writer, and a Huge Breakthrough for Jason Segel | work = [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] | date = January 25, 2015 | url = https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/01/end-of-the-tour-review | access-date = 2015-08-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200103050525/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/01/end-of-the-tour-review | archive-date = January 3, 2020 | url-status = live }}</ref>

In his review for the ''[[New York Daily News]]'', Joe Neumaier awarded the film five out of five stars, calling it "one of the best movies of the year . . . Director James Ponsoldt's smart, incisive and extraordinary drama is the kind of film that burrows into your head and leaves you illuminated about life and how to live it."<ref name="neumaier">{{cite news | last = Neumaier | first = Joe | title = 'The End of the Tour' review: One of the year's top films, with Jason Segel brilliant as author David Foster Wallace | work = [[New York Daily News]] | date = July 27, 2015 | url = http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/tour-review-year-top-films-article-1.2305773 | access-date = 2015-08-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150730031858/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/tour-review-year-top-films-article-1.2305773 | archive-date = July 30, 2015 | url-status = live }}</ref> In her review for ''[[The Los Angeles Times]]'', Sheri Linden wrote "James Ponsoldt's magnificent ''The End of the Tour'' gives us two guys talking, and the effect is breathtaking ... They're played with a wrought and wary chemistry, synapses blazing, by Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg."<ref name="linden">{{cite news | last = Linden | first = Sheri | title = 'The End of the Tour' is a riveting road-trip conversation with David Foster Wallace | work = [[Los Angeles Times]] | date = July 30, 2015 | url = https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-end-of-tour-review-20150731-story.html | access-date = 2015-08-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191230165633/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-end-of-tour-review-20150731-story.html | archive-date = December 30, 2019 | url-status = live }}</ref>

In his review for ''Cut Print Film'', Josh Oakley awarded the film a perfect "10/10", calling it "one of the best films of the year", and stating "''The End of the Tour'' presents, with ample evidence, Wallace as a figure who could never fill the holes of loneliness with the spackle of acclaim."<ref name="oakley">{{cite news | last = Oakley | first = Josh | title = The End of the Tour | work = Cut Print Film| date = July 30, 2015 | url = http://www.cutprintfilm.com/reviews/the-end-of-the-tour/ | access-date = 2015-08-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150806051636/http://www.cutprintfilm.com/reviews/the-end-of-the-tour/ | archive-date = August 6, 2015 | url-status = live }}</ref> In his review for the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', [[Richard Roeper]] awarded the film four out of four stars, calling it "brilliant. . .this is one of the best movies of the year."<ref name="roeper">{{cite news | last = Roeper | first = Richard | title = 'The End of the Tour': Infinitely impressed by Jason Segel | work = [[Chicago Sun-Times]] | date = August 6, 2015 | url = http://entertainment.suntimes.com/movies/end-tour-infinitely-impressed-jason-segel/ | access-date = 2015-08-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150810005525/http://entertainment.suntimes.com/movies/end-tour-infinitely-impressed-jason-segel/ | archive-date = August 10, 2015 | url-status = dead }}</ref> In his review for the ''[[Minnesota Star Tribune]]'' Colin Covert gave the film four out of four stars, writing, "Simply put, it is a masterwork."<ref name="Covert">{{cite news | last = Covert | first = Colin | title = Jason Segel mesmerizes as David Foster Wallace in 'The End of the Tour' | work = [[Minnesota Star Tribune]] | date = August 6, 2015 | url = http://www.startribune.com/review-jason-segel-mesmerizes-as-david-foster-wallace-in-the-end-of-the-tour/320923601/ | access-date = 2021-01-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151025004937/http://www.startribune.com/review-jason-segel-mesmerizes-as-david-foster-wallace-in-the-end-of-the-tour/320923601/ | archive-date = October 25, 2015 | url-status = live }}</ref>

The film featured in numerous "Best of 2015" lists, including ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref name="nytimes.com">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/13/movies/best-movies-2015.html?_r=0 |title=Manohla Dargis, A. O. Scott, Stephen Holden, "The Best Movies of 2015," ''The New York Times'', December 9, 2015. |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 9, 2015 |access-date=January 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119052558/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/13/movies/best-movies-2015.html?_r=0 |archive-date=November 19, 2016 |url-status=live |last1=Dargis |first1=Manohla |last2=Scott |first2=A. O. |last3=Holden |first3=Stephen }}</ref> ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'',<ref name="vanityfair.com">{{Cite web |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/12/best-films-of-2015 |title=Richard Lawson, "The 10 Best Movies of 2015," ''Vanity Fair'', December 7, 2015. |website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=December 7, 2015 |access-date=January 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718134021/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/12/best-films-of-2015 |archive-date=July 18, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'',<ref name="vogue.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.vogue.com/13378950/10-best-movies-2015/ |first=John |last=Powers |title=The 10 Best Movies of 2015| website= [[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]| author-link=John Powers (film critic) |date=December 10, 2015 |access-date=January 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215124218/http://www.vogue.com/13378950/10-best-movies-2015/ |archive-date=December 15, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'',<ref name="theguardian.com">{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/ng-interactive/2015/dec/04/best-films-of-2015-us-america |title="The 50 best films of 2015 in the US: the full list," ''The Guardian'', December 4, 2015. |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |access-date=January 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211061104/https://www.theguardian.com/film/ng-interactive/2015/dec/04/best-films-of-2015-us-america |archive-date=December 11, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'',<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/09/best-of-2015-james-ponsoldt-end-of-tour |title=Ariana Bacle, "Best of 2015 (Behind the Scenes)," ''Entertainment Weekly'', December 9, 2015 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=January 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207074044/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/09/best-of-2015-james-ponsoldt-end-of-tour |archive-date=December 7, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[USA Today]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/12/the-10-best-movies-of-2015 |title="The 10 best movies of 2015," ''USA Today'', December 14, 2015 |date=December 14, 2015 |access-date=January 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217021708/http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/12/the-10-best-movies-of-2015 |archive-date=December 17, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/2015-underrated-movies-1201668235/ |title=Ramin Setoodeh, "The 13 Most Underrated Movies of 2015," ''Variety'', December 28, 2015 |date=December 28, 2015 |access-date=January 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221200510/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/2015-underrated-movies-1201668235/ |archive-date=December 21, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-best-movies-of-2015-spotlight-love-and-mercy-creed-make-the-top-10/2015/12/08/132f0c58-99d3-11e5-94f0-9eeaff906ef3_story.html |title=Ann Hornaday, "The Best Movies of 2015," ''The Washington Post'', December 8, 2015 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=January 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229004825/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-best-movies-of-2015-spotlight-love-and-mercy-creed-make-the-top-10/2015/12/08/132f0c58-99d3-11e5-94f0-9eeaff906ef3_story.html |archive-date=December 29, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Huffington Post]]'' <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/best-performances-of-2015_56783bc7e4b06fa6887e0a72 |title=Matthew Jacobs, "The 23 Best Performances Of 2015 Across Pop Culture," ''The Huffington Post'', December 21, 2015 |website=[[HuffPost]] |date=December 21, 2015 |access-date=January 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113022305/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/best-performances-of-2015_56783bc7e4b06fa6887e0a72 |archive-date=January 13, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'',<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/2015/12/the-10-best-movies-you-missed-2015/ |title=Wired Staff, "The 10 Best Movies You Probably Didn't See in 2015," ''Wired'', December 23, 2015 |magazine=Wired |access-date=January 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228162305/https://www.wired.com/2015/12/the-10-best-movies-you-missed-2015// |archive-date=December 28, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The New Republic]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/126742/tim-griersons-top-ten-films-2015 |title=Tim Grierson, "Tim Grierson's Top Ten Films of 2015," ''The New Republic''. December 30, 2015 |magazine=The New Republic |date=December 30, 2015 |access-date=January 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105224951/https://newrepublic.com/article/126742/tim-griersons-top-ten-films-2015 |archive-date=January 5, 2016 |url-status=live |last1=Grierson |first1=Tim }}</ref>

===''The Parrot and the Igloo''===

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In 2023 [[W.W. Norton|Norton]] published Lipsky's ''The Parrot and the Igloo''—a narrative history of climate and the science denial movement. In a starred review, ''[[Kirkus]]'' called the work "simultaneously captivating and disturbing . . . An important book that will leave your head shaking."<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-lipsky/the-parrot-and-the-igloo/|work=[[Kirkus]]|date=December 1, 2022|access-date=June 28, 2023}}</ref> In the Sunday ''[[New York Times Book Review]]'', Zoë Schlanger wrote,  "David Lipsky spins top-flight climate literature into cliffhanger entertainment . . . Lipsky's book is a project of maximum ambition," and called the work "Cinematic...''The Parrot'' is a thriller of deceptions, side deals and close calls."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schlanger |first1=Zoë |title=A Global Warming Book for the Streaming Age: In "The Parrot and the Igloo," the novelist and journalist David Lipsky spins top-flight climate literature into cliffhanger entertainment. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/books/review/the-parrot-and-the-igloo-david-lipsky.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=May 13, 2025 |date=10 July 2023}}</ref> ''[[Booklist]]'' wrote, "with the amount of research that went into the book, this can be considered the historical record to date."<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/The-Parrot-and-the-Igloo-Climate-and-the-Science-of-Denial-/pid=9771453|work=[[Booklist]]|date=January 1, 2023|access-date=June 28, 2023}}</ref> In a starred review, ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' called the work "revelatory . . . With dry wit and novelistic flair, [[National Magazine Award]] winner Lipsky chronicles how harnessing electricity changed the world," summarizing "Humor accompanies horrific truths in this vital look at the rise of climate change denial."<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780393866704|work=[[Publishers Weekly]]|date=October 31, 2022|access-date=June 28, 2023}}</ref> David Shribman of ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' called it, "Excellent . . . A dizzying account of how long we have known so much about an issue that means so much."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shribman |first=David |date=July 6, 2023 |title=David Lipsky's 'The Parrot and the Igloo' details forces behind climate change denial |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/06/arts/david-lipskys-parrot-igloo-details-forces-behind-decades-climate-change-denial// |access-date=October 28, 2023 |website=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref> Jason Mark of ''[[Sierra Club|Sierra Magazine]]'' described the work as "This is not a book lacking in ambition. Lipsky wants to tell the whole, sprawling, messy tale of climate change: how modern technology made it all happen, how scientists figured it out, and how a network of hustlers and hucksters distracted the public from the threat before our eyes. In the end he pulls it off, delivering a propulsive read that has the snap of a screenplay. Lipsky is a major talent . . . My only quibble with this fantastic book is that it ends too soon."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mark |first=Jason |date=August 8, 2023 |title=The Usual Suspects |url=https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/book-review-parrot-igloo-lipsky// |access-date=October 28, 2023 |website=[[The Sierra Club]]}}</ref>''[[USA Today]]'' explained, 
"Lipsky offers a history of climate science―and with it, climate denial―starring a large cast of swindlers, zealots, politicians and hucksters to get to the heart of virulent anti-science ideologies in America."<ref>{{Cite web|title=20 Summer Books For Poolside Reading |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2023/04/28/summer-books-stephen-king-elliot-page-ann-patchett/11488282002/|work=[[USA Today]]|author=VanDenburgh, Barbara|date=April 23, 2023|access-date=June 28, 2023}}</ref> And historian [[Douglas Brinkley]] called the work "incredible," adding "you all have to read it." On [[C-Span]] he explained, "One fear that I had, as a historian―I was worried that these climate-deniers weren't going to pay for it in history. And this book nails them."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brinkley |first=Douglas |date=August 12, 2023 |title=Author Discussion on Environmental Activism and Climate Change |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?529568-6/author-discussion-environmental-activism-climate-change |access-date=October 28, 2023 |website=[[C-Span]]}}</ref>

The book featured in numerous "Best of 2023" lists, including [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'', ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[Chicago Tribune|The Chicago Tribune]]''.

===Journalism===
Lipsky's work has appeared in ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[Harper's Magazine]]'', ''The New Yorker,'' ''The New York Times'', ''[[Details (magazine)|Details]]'', ''[[This American Life]]'', and ''[[All Things Considered]]''. He received a [[GLAAD Media Award]] for journalism in 1999. In 2009, he received the [[National Magazine Award]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/arts/01magalist.html The New York Times, "The Winners," May 1, 2009.]</ref>

==Awards and honors==
* 2023 "Best Books of the Year," [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Best Books of 2023|url=https://www.amazon.com/best-science-2023/b?ie=UTF8&node=17296236011 |website=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] |access-date=13 December 2023 |date=1 December 2023}}</ref>
* 2023 "Best Books of the Year," ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Best Books of 2023 |url=https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2023/nonfiction |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |access-date=28 October 2023 |date=27 October 2023}}</ref>
* 2023  "Best Books of the Year," ''[[The New Yorker]]''<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Best Books of 2023: Our editors and critics choose the most captivating, notable, brilliant, surprising, absorbing, weird, thought-provoking, and talked-about reads.|url=https://www.newyorker.com/best-books-2023 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |access-date=28 October 2023 |date=25 October 2023}}</ref>
* 2023 "Best Books of the Year," ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Ten Best Books of 2023|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-best-books-2003-20231211-szawkpylzrfsxm7ourx5uv52za-story.html|website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=13 December 2023 |date=11 December 2023}}</ref>
* 2023 Favorite Authors of the Year, ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=8 of Our Favorite 2023 Authors Recommend Gifts for Readers|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/11/authors-recommend-gifts-for-readers|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |access-date=13 December 2023 |date=1 December 2023}}</ref>
* 2023 ''The New York Times'' Editors' Choice<ref>{{cite web |title=Nine New Books We Recommend This Week - The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/books/review/new-books-recommendations.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=28 October 2023 |date=31 August 2023}}</ref>
* 2016 [[USC Scripter Award|Scripter Award]] (Nominated, ''[[The End of the Tour (2014 film)|The End of the Tour]]'')
* 2010 "Best Books of the Year," [[NPR]]
* 2009 [[National Magazine Award]]
* 2009 The Best American Magazine Writing
* 2005 Lambert Fellowship
* 2003 "Best Books of the Year," ''[[Time Magazine]]''
* 2003 "Best Books of the Year," [[Amazon.com|Amazon]]
* 2003 "Best Books of the Year," ''[[Providence Journal-Bulletin]]''
* 2003 "Best Books of the Year," ''[[San Jose Mercury News]]''
* 2003 "Best Books of the Year," ''[[New York Daily News]]''
* 2003 "Eleven Most Remarkable Things in Culture This Month," ''[[Esquire Magazine]]''
* 2003 "Times Notable Book," ''[[The New York Times]]''
* 1999 [[GLAAD Media Awards|GLAAD Media Award]]
* 1988 [[Transatlantic Review (1959)|Henfield/Transatlantic Review Award]]
* 1986 [[MacDowell Colony|MacDowell Fellow]]
* 1986 [[The Best American Short Stories]]

==Bibliography==

===Non-fiction===
* ''[[Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself]]: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace'' (2010)
* ''[[Absolutely American]]: Four Years at West Point'' (2003)
* ''[[The Parrot and the Igloo]]'' (2023)

===Novels===
* ''[[The Art Fair]]'' (1996)

===Short stories===
* ''Three Thousand Dollars'' (1986)

===Anthologies===
* ''The Best American Magazine Writing'' (2009)
* ''The Best American Short Stories'' (1986)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/the_moment/2015/08/david_lipsky_on_the_end_of_the_tour_david_foster_wallace_and_artists.html David Lipsky, On the End of the Tour] on Slate's The Moment
* [https://time.com/3986538/david-lipsky-david-foster-wallace-the-end-of-the-tour/ David Lipsky interview] in Time
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170312060301/https://logger.believermag.com/post/2016/07/13/a-beautiful-thought-is-a-beautiful-thought-no?rq=DAvid%20Lipsky David Lipsky Interview] in The Believer
* [http://lithub.com/david-lipsky-ends-up-becoming-himself/# David Lipsky] at Lithub
* [http://electricliterature.com/the-end-of-the-tour-a-look-at-the-rapid-pace-brains-of-two-literary-greats/ David Lipsky On the End of the Tour] at Electric Literature
* [http://americanfiction.wordpress.com/2010/03/29/qa-david-lipsky/ Lipsky for Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself]  at American Fiction Notes
* [http://colinmarshall.libsyn.com/author_and_journalist_david_lipsky_five_days_with_david_foster_wallace Lipsky Five Days with David Foster] on The Marketplace of Ideas
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100803184458/http://www.unc.edu/srp/srp2004/ Lipsky] at University of North Carolina Summer Reading Program
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080610203002/http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2004/01/26/3/a-conversation-with-author-david-lipsky David Lipsky interview] on Charlie Rose
* [http://www.usma.edu/PublicAffairs/movielinks/TodayShowLipskyInterview_h.asx David Lipsky interview]{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} on The Today Show
* [https://www.powells.com/blog/interviews/after-four-years-at-west-point-david-lipsky-still-wants-more-by-dave/ David Lipsky interview] on Powells
* [http://www.eyeonbooks.com/ibp.php?ISBN=061809542X Lipsky interview with Bill Thompson] on Eye on Books
* [http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=17777 David Lipsky] at Random House
* {{cite web |url= http://www.booknotes.org/Watch/169463-1/David+Lipsky.aspx |publisher= Booknotes |title= Lipsky interview |work= Absolutely American |date= Aug 17, 2003 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111111215422/http://booknotes.org/Watch/169463-1/David+Lipsky.aspx |archive-date= November 11, 2011 |df= mdy-all }}
* WNYC:
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20071201112739/http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2003/07/16 Lipsky], 2003, on Leonard Lopate Show
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20120915210318/http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2010/jun/22/david-lipskys-road-trip-david-foster-wallace/ Lipsky], 2010, on Leonard Lopate Show
* NPR:
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20101126224857/http://www.thetakeaway.org/2010/jul/01/start-conversation-david-lipsky-david-foster-wallace/ Lipsky about David Foster Wallace]  on The Takeaway
** [http://www.onthemedia.org/story/end-tour-david-foster-wallace/ Lipsky, End of Tour and David Foster Wallace] On The Media
** [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126483112 Lipsky for Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself]
** [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5521701 Lipsky] on Consider the Lobster
** [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3620014 Lipsky] on Honor, Character, Duty and Country
** [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5521701 Lipsky] on This American Life
** [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94629055 Lipsky about David Foster Wallace] on All Things Considered
** [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5521701 Lipsky] on All Things Considered
** [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1369783 Lipsky] on Talk of the Nation

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