Authorship in an Age of Automation
The quiet erosion of responsibility in an age of machine-generated prose.
Kieran Beville
· 6 min read
writing
A collection of 10 posts
Creative Writing in the Age of Trump
The assumption that once drove creative writing—that interior life deserves as much respect and interest as the latest bump in relations at the White House—no longer obtains.
Daphne Merkin
· 8 min read
Why I Left Academia (Since You're Wondering)
I didn’t have a choice. Thousands of people are driven out of the profession each year.
William Deresiewicz
· 16 min read
Weekly Roundup
If there were a modern day Voltaire, or a 21st century Bertrand Russell, Steven Pinker would be it. So it is a tremendous honour for me to bring you an excerpt of Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters, by the man himself, in this week&
Claire Lehmann
· 6 min read
My Life as a Ghostwriter
If you pick the right projects, on the other hand, ghostwriting can be highly lucrative, especially as compared to the low payouts available to mid-list authors publishing non-fiction books under their own name.
Jonathan Kay
· 11 min read
Jessie Tu and the Fashionably Regressive Approach to Reading
The world of literature has expanded its horizons in recent decades, and the quality of writing from voices that may not have been published in decades past is something for which we should be grateful.
Neil Tully
· 6 min read
The Plight of Pitch Wars
In 2019, though, it turns out that yes, you’re entitled to a book deal—as long as you collect enough marginalization points.
J. Avery
· 6 min read
Why Do People Tell Me I’m Not Allowed to Write?
The issue was that when a white playwright’s work was produced, casting directors were assuming that they should cast white actors. We were all aghast.
Libby Emmons
· 10 min read
If That's What It Means to Be a Writer, I Quit
Kauffman defended himself from charges of homophobia by saying that he wasn’t against the ‘gay influence’ in theatre, only its insidiousness.
Sky Gilbert
· 14 min read
Stupid Is as Stupid Writes
Even geniuses sound unintelligent when they use big words.
Andrew Bade
· 12 min read