So long, Substack
Gotta bounce, there's too much Elon in the air
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A haunting debut
Here I am, taking Ghost for a test-drive. This is the new home of the newsletter formerly located here.
Shopping List Season
The greatest holiday tradition of all: grumbling about end of year lists.
Big Feelings
Cashing in on anger and despair.
Two new reviews and a lot of nail-biting
'Your vote, your choice' – thus spake Julia Roberts.
Field notes: literary libertarians
Be careful out there.
Big thanks to my creative muse
Does it really matter if an author uses ChatGPT to help them write their book?
Tree Failure
School's back. Autoethnography? It's in the dictionary.
Memo: Best Books (Q1, 21C)
On content strategy, empty lists and the maw of cringe
Postcard from Grenoble
I got voxpopped in Grenoble over the weekend as I was strolling through a park. The journalist, who was from the local TV station (yes, they still have them here, along with independent bookshops, small museums, music on the streets, cafés open after 3pm), wanted to know how I was
The Bunk of Iceland
Bloomsday on an island (not Ireland, not the Is-land)
Recommendation Engines
On non-algorithmic recommendation, paywalls, and What I'm Reading lists
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Puff and Promotion
As if Scott Morrison cares about your criticism! and Everyone loves Miranda July
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Auto-Gloss
Style and risk in life-writing; reviews that spill over.
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The Larger Context
On Gaza, digital provincials, new contrarians, campus protest, and analysis (mine) that goes nowhere
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Hiding in Plain Sight
On the shame of being online, covering your tracks, and yes, TAKEDOWN DISCOURSE
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This Sea of Indistinguishable Words
On bad prompts, bad style, and generative AI
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The Podcast Pipeline
On The Critic and Her Publics and intellectuals at work in the content mills
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Putting on a Show
On DIY PR, content capital, newsletters about writing
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Discovery Channel
Finding something to read after Twitter
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