Aug 6, 2025
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13 min read
'I hate poetry,' I used to say, half joking and half serious. But which half was which?
May 27, 2025
24 min read
A Q&A with 'Andor' writer Tom Bissell on narrative structure, quick deaths, and getting T-boned by Star Wars history.
May 20, 2025
7 min read
A Tuesday special: Five mini-essays in one newsletter!
May 13, 2025
8 min read
What am I even trying to do here?
May 8, 2025
12 min read
It takes a leap of faith to connect language and experience—and sometimes we land in the abyss.
Mar 26, 2025
Come on, it was 50% off on Amazon! You didn't have $10.50?
Feb 8, 2025
The secret recipe for literary genius—revealed at last after 100 emails!
Feb 7, 2025
On falling in love with a tossed-off phrase, and what that says about writing—my own and everyone else's.
Jan 21, 2025
25 min read
The children's book author, known for his dark and hilarious tales, is focused on the 'harder questions' of growing up.
Jan 17, 2025
Come see Roland Barthes battle the Village People in a knock-down, drag-out brawl!
Jan 5, 2025
But only sometimes! And also: not really all that hard!
Dec 26, 2024
9 min read
On large-format cooking, and larger-format writing.
Dec 14, 2024
Welcome to Newspeak, the Matt Gross way!
Dec 9, 2024
11 min read
Cogito ergo scribo!
Dec 3, 2024
Curses! Foiled again!
