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If you let AI do your writing...
Johanna’s job as a producer of literary novels had finally been automated.
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The Drift
For the last few weeks, I’ve been reading a journal called The Drift, which is a young (less than five years old) socialist periodical that’s based in…
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May 2026
My nonfiction book is getting a second printing
Thanks to everyone who came to my NYC event on Wednesday night.
May 29
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More important than my book's release
Many years ago, I read a book called The Lonely Crowd by sociologist David Riesman.
May 26
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Yesteryear
I loved Gone Girl. I read the book in 2013, shortly after it came out, and just felt a pure and uncomplicated passion for it—I enjoyed seeing the…
May 19
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NYC event on May 27th @ McNally Jackson Seaport
My book, What’s So Great About The Great Books?, is coming out on May 26th.
May 16
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This year's trendy new thinker
Apparently, reading scores are down not just in America but throughout the world. This means that, on average, contemporary young people have lower…
May 12
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How to convince people of color to study at your Great Books program
Recently I came across a very thoughtful post by a professor named James Hankins, who left Harvard University to teach at the Hamilton Center at the…
May 9
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This AI-assisted writer had a very strong personal vision for her work
About a month ago, there was a novel that was withdrawn by its publisher, Hachette, because the book was written with the assistance of AI.
May 7
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The Hedgehog Review
There are dozens of little intellectual journals that publish three or four times a year and are meant for a small, but non-specialized audience: I’m…
May 5
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April 2026
Another cure for depression
I knew a girl whose heart was made of stone.
Apr 30
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Neglected Books
Let’s imagine that you’re an aspiring writer from Lincoln, Nebraska.
Apr 28
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