Chin Stroking Between Updike and Wallace

I've had a tab open for weeks now with this article by Barrett Hathcock on the Quarterly Conversation on Nicholson Baker as the "missing link" between John Updike and David Foster Wallace. I finally read it this morning, and whilst problematic in a number of ways (I think it simplifies DFW, and pays too much heed to the privileged position of the artist/writer/observer, amongst other things), it is certainly thought-provoking and wide-ranging and context-providing. A good chin-stroker of an article.