writer and critic
Brooklyn, NY
Joined October 2009
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"It is just repression, repression, repression. It’s a slippery slope. You can no longer speak of a democratic state. There is no democracy." vulture.com/article/annie-er…
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You won’t find a new country, won’t find another shore.
This city will always pursue you.
"These are outsiders asserting the validity of a history that is always being forgotten." @D_felsenthal on the narrators of Nate Lippens' Wisconsin Trilogy newyorker.com/books/under-re…
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I’ve returned to @NewYorker to write about one of my favorite novel-projects of this decade, the frank, hilarious, and lapidary Wisconsin Trilogy by Nate Lippens newyorker.com/books/under-re…
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The literary landscape getting demonstrably poorer, and labor organizing being undercut.
I hate this so very much.
The independent publisher Catapult, cofounded in 2015 by Elizabeth Koch, will be acquired by an unspecified buyer and end operations on October 30. The newly formed staff union said it was notified that “continued employment with the prospective buyer is not an option.” buff.ly/f4EapkJ
"throw away the first five pages of your book and you will lose nothing" is a crucial step for me two years into drafting lol, the opening is brilliant to me at first and then reveals itself to be like "in this book, I will..."
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OPEN LETTER: Sally Rooney is a writer, not a terrorist. Her books must be available to the public. Their withdrawal from sale, on the basis of ill-conceived and draconian anti terror legislation, is an affront to basic principles of free speech and expression so long taken for granted in this country. We categorically reject censorship - whether direct or indirect - and urge the government to change course, amending the legislation which has led us to this point of repressive absurdity.
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I am a writer, and I am without words.
SPAWNING SEASON is a FINALIST for the National Book Award. The party continues!
My only words are: THANK YOU. Thank you to anyone who read this book, supported it, shared it with friends.
It's a community effort, for us, by us.
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William and David Greaves’s ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM is a living, breathing time capsule that feels like a miracle. The film has its New York premiere today at #NYFF64. tinyurl.com/k7bv5zzh
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This week, we’ve unlocked Gary Indiana’s Art of Fiction interview from the archive, selected by Natalie Shapero, whose poem “The Top of Hell” appears in our new Fall issue. buff.ly/S8H6meZ
I'm obsessed with this film
Another under-the-radar #NYFF highlight is Nicolás Pereda's EVERYTHING ELSE IS NOISE. @alexjamesmooney reviews the film and its clashes between culture, craft, perception, and ego.
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Alice Tully Hall leaps to its feet for Mike Leigh after TENDER LOVING CARE. If this is the swan song, as he’s said, what a beautiful way to leave us. One of those beautiful moments that reminds me of why NYFF is the most special time of year.
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James Gray's superlative family drama PAPER TIGER kicks off our extensive #NYFF2026 coverage. My review of this worthy follow-up to the great ARMAGEDDON TIME.
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James Gray’s astonishingly directed PAPER TIGER, a slow-burn family tragedy in which ephemeral comforts run aground on reality, kicks off this year’s New York Film Festival tomorrow. Read Keith Uhlich’s review. tinyurl.com/33nevpj7
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18 days. 113 films. This year’s New York Film Festival lineup is so invitingly rich that you’ll actually want to see everything. tinyurl.com/4hzcefby
