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Processing: How Tony Tulathimutte Wrote Rejection
The author on comic disproportion, revision, internet language, and pledging yourself to idiocy in fiction.
Sep 17
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Lincoln Michel
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Three Kafkaesque Novels from Around the World
Three surreal translated novels about Empire, office life, and A.I.
Sep 13
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Lincoln Michel
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Art Without Intention
Whether or not A.I. outputs are "art," will anyone care about works made without care?
Sep 4
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Lincoln Michel
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August 2024
What Lasts and (Mostly) Doesn't Last
On the books that are remembered, rejected, repudiated, and rediscovered,
Aug 21
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Lincoln Michel
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Processing: How Helen Phillips Wrote Hum
The author on subtle worldbuilding, artificial intelligence, and the importance of community in the face of dystopia
Aug 13
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Lincoln Michel
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Writing For, Within, and Against the Market
Just some idle thoughts on the attitude authors should take toward their art
Aug 4
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Lincoln Michel
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July 2024
Ramen Westerns and Thematic Cores
A movie rec, and thoughts on improvisational narratives and unifying stories by theme
Jul 20
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Lincoln Michel
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Three Thoughts on the NYT Top 100: Missing Millennials, Fading Autofiction, the Genre-Bending Era
Looking at some trends in the alleged top 100 books of the 21st century
Jul 13
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Lincoln Michel
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Seeing with an Artist's Eye
On noticing gaps and openings in the work you love (or why critiquing things is good, actually)
Jul 3
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Lincoln Michel
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June 2024
Processing: How Tracy O'Neill Wrote Woman of Interest
The author on writing both fiction and memoir, being "an enormous nerd," and making sentences that move
Jun 25
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Lincoln Michel
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Comps and Circumstance
A short explainer on comp titles
Jun 15
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Lincoln Michel
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Much Ado About MFAs
Answering some questions on what MFA programs are and aren't
Jun 6
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Lincoln Michel
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