There was a Ben Lerner interview quote I saw somewhere this year (I know, I know)…
What is literary criticism for? A few years ago, I was taking notes on a book at the laundromat, when a male member of the public approached me.
He opened with: “Hey so are you a writer?”
For the past two years, I’ve asked a bunch of writers to write something about their year in work. Most…
In 2016 I learned to love lawyers — not the entire profession, of course, or even most of its practitioners, but a pair from (the late) Gawker Media.
In 2016, I wrote a lot about fashion. For someone who was upset that he could no longer wear Champion sweatpants every day when he entered high…