Human creativity, lo-tech innovation. No AI. Puppet-free. Reinventing the short story. Creators of print zeens. King Wenclas and Kathleen Marie Crane editors.
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DID I prove my point that fiction can go way deeper than non-fiction?
Reading analyses from elite commentators, then comparing them to my two-part "Midterm Madness" story, I'd say the answer is yes.
The "fictional" story explains the blue wave anyway.
newpoplitinteractive.com/202…
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The question is whether or not people really want to understand the "Why?" of things.
#Midterms2026 #Elections2026
This two-part "fictional" story is as in-depth an examination of, and explanation for, why the Democrats convincingly won the midterms.
"Midterm Madness." newpoplitinteractive.com/202…
#populists
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Contrary to the idea that topical fiction doesn't last, if anyone many years from now seeks to understand this point in time, and what the political contests of the era were all about, the story "Midterm Madness" will be as good a source as any.
DID I prove my point that fiction can go way deeper than non-fiction?
Reading analyses from elite commentators, then comparing them to my two-part "Midterm Madness" story, I'd say the answer is yes.
The "fictional" story explains the blue wave anyway.
newpoplitinteractive.com/202…
Too many writers are puppets for status quo everything. They think if it was on a syllabus it's immutable and irreversible. Puppet world.
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Another recent short story we ran, "Ghost In the Machine" by Andie Weber, tackled AI. A topic that should concern all of us, as it's changing our world and our lives.
Fiction that matters.
newpoplit.com/portfolio/ghos…
#writing #technology
Now do the % of Ivy League grads in New York publishing. . . 🤨
#snobocracy
About 70% of publishing professionals are women.
Because agents and editors tend to select books they personally relate to, an increasing number of male authors are being sidelined in the publishing industry, resulting in an overwhelming number of female protagonists on our shelves—and a dearth of male ones.
No wonder young men are no longer reading.
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Who would've thought when we ran this story by Cliff Aliperti, re the Iran war, it'd be unsettled at Halloween, with spokespersons on both sides playing games?
A look at current events. The world around us, which remains fair game.
newpoplit.com/portfolio/in-t…
#fiction #writing
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ANOTHER involved/relevant story we ran recently is "Opting Out" by Evan Brown. What's happening now.
(I have a feeling many of us will be doing more opting out as our dystopian world becomes more and more insane.)
newpoplit.com/portfolio/opti…
ANOTHER of the relevant pieces we've run recently, this one, about Too Much Technology, at Fast Pop Lit.
"The Forbidden Fruit Fights Back" by John Haymaker.
fastpoplit.com/2026/03/30/th…
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Why do people hate data centers so much? Because they are the physical manifestation of an oligarchy that treats their life and mind as collateral damage of profits.
The well-trained, bought-and-branded U.S. literati are so Eurocentric it's hilarious. Completely out of touch with their own country.
Could we move, maybe, a few centimeters back to some concept of American literature? At this time of mass populist outrage, surely. . .
Is the Atlantic owned by a billionaire or something? 🙄
#WorstArticleEver
Chuck Schumer has gone from a punching bag for Democrats to the architect of their historic landslide, @FranklinFoer writes. He spoke with the senator: theatln.tc/8GgiSxtj
📸: Tom Brenner / Getty
Contrary to the idea that topical fiction doesn't last, if anyone many years from now seeks to understand this point in time, and what the political contests of the era were all about, the story "Midterm Madness" will be as good a source as any.
DID I prove my point that fiction can go way deeper than non-fiction?
Reading analyses from elite commentators, then comparing them to my two-part "Midterm Madness" story, I'd say the answer is yes.
The "fictional" story explains the blue wave anyway.
newpoplitinteractive.com/202…
New Pop Lit retweeted
A young man at our town hall asked if I was pushing class warfare.
I told him: “We already have class warfare in this country — billionaires are waging war on the rest of us.”
The question is whether or not people really want to understand the "Why?" of things.
#Midterms2026 #Elections2026
This two-part "fictional" story is as in-depth an examination of, and explanation for, why the Democrats convincingly won the midterms.
"Midterm Madness." newpoplitinteractive.com/202…
#populists
This two-part "fictional" story is as in-depth an examination of, and explanation for, why the Democrats convincingly won the midterms.
"Midterm Madness." newpoplitinteractive.com/202…
#populists
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It's what grassroots, populist writing is all about. Will get no credit of course from the well-indoctrinated. 😎
DID I prove my point that fiction can go way deeper than non-fiction?
Reading analyses from elite commentators, then comparing them to my two-part "Midterm Madness" story, I'd say the answer is yes.
The "fictional" story explains the blue wave anyway.
newpoplitinteractive.com/202…
New Pop Lit retweeted
Elite pundits literally cannot grasp that anti-oligarch populism is now considered "moderate" and "centrist" by voters. This concept is melting their brains. They cannot cognitively process it. It's hilarious.
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What makes this exchange so satisfying is the way Hinojosa (repeatedly) rejects the condescending idea that the only problem there's ever been with millennial progressivism is the messaging / branding
This contentious interchange between the NY Times and @GinaHinojosaTX was truly amazing. Hinojosa offered one of the best explanations of populism I've ever seen. Her comments were a total rejection of Corporate Dems' neoliberal formula. Her Texas victory is a game changer.