Archive - Counter Craft

Reflections on Four Years of Counter Craft

And thoughts on making a newsletter work for your artistic practice

Feb 26 •

Processing: How Sam Bett Translated Osamu Dazai

On translating comedy, men as erratic and emotional creatures, and "the original bad boy of modern Japanese fiction"

Feb 18 •

Why ChatGPT Is a Balloon and the Book Is a Bicycle

If AI is going to transport literature to new heights, why can't anyone explain how?

Feb 10 •

A Luminous, Brave, and Unputdownable Article about Blurbs

Or just some honest talk about the weird process of blurbing

Feb 3 •

January 2025

December 2024

My 2024 in Reading (Plus Lessons from Tokarczuk's Prose)

A look back on the books I read in 2024 and some thoughts on Olga Tokarczuk's The Empusium

Dec 31, 2024 •

2024 Year-End Writing Round-Up

What I published here and elsewhere this year (plus thoughts on another year of newslettering)

Dec 21, 2024 •

Turning Off the TV in Your Mind

Thoughts on flipping from "TV brain" to "prose brain" when writing fiction

Dec 12, 2024 •

Four Translated Novels I Enjoyed This Year

Recommending some lovely and strange translated novels published in the last couple years.

Dec 1, 2024 •

November 2024

Imitation Games

Quick thoughts on "The AI Art Turing Test"

Nov 22, 2024 •

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