I stopped writing in 2014, by choice and by chance. My on-and-off relationship with The Wire, The Atlantic’s ill-fated news operation, finally ended at the beginning of the summer after four-odd years. I moved home from Toronto and planned to give myself what…
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I finished writing a book called Kim Kardashian: Trapped In Her Own Game. A year ago at this time it had been read 500k times, but as of today it’s been read over 2M times? What the heck.
For me, 2015 was all about the push and pull between language and subject, between…
Indulging in what 2014 me would call an exercise in narcissism is a new thing that 2015 me is trying out for the time being. 2016 me will hopefully be better at looking at what I did and not being afraid to actually share it. Promoting your work is necessary but feels…
“A distaste for the political dimensions of art, in this time and place, is a dangerous luxury”- Adrienne Rich
“How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?”- Nina Simone
