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Helen Phillips Isn’t Afraid of the Algorithm
Some of the intrigue and fascination with artificial intelligence is very much in the realm of fantasy, because it seems that, so far, algorithms tend to accelerate bias and emphasize the worst aspects of human behavior.
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To All the Books I Published Before
To declare my intentions, the first book I bought for my new imprint, Poseidon Press, was Henry Bean’s 'The Nenoquich.' It was published, on my first list, in 1982. And now, mirabile dictu, 'The Nenoquich' has returned to life.
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How Yasmin Zaher Wrote the Year’s Best New York City Novel
"This is going to sound absurd, but in a novel, you can say the truth, and in journalism, you cannot."
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Things Got Weird: On the Early ‘90s Crack-Up
Ganz vividly renders the early 1990s’ shouty yet blankly confused alienations along with the endlessly gassy and vituperative “whither America?” debates.
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The Beguiling Crónicas of Hebe Uhart
'A Question of Belonging' is marked by an unerring belief that a good story can be found almost anywhere.
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Jazz Remains the Sound of Modernism
Armstrong and Ellington, Coltrane and Davis, Gillespie and Parker, were central to the same project as other modernists; they reconfigured time and space to craft an alternative way of expression.
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Juliet Escoria Wants to Bring Back Fistfights
In internet fights, people use this faux veneer of politeness, where they will veil something nasty with corporate HR language, and I find it morally repugnant.
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Glynnis MacNicol on Marriage, Pleasure, and Orgasmic Narratives
"There’s no sense in a capitalist society that enjoying your life should be the basis for anything."
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Two Shakespeareans Take Stock
Judi Dench's approach to playing some of Shakespeare's most iconic roles was "entirely instinctive."
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Rise of the Ghost Machines
You’d think two centuries would be long enough for us to sort the singer from the song, to divine where the soul ends and our machines begin. You’d think wrong.
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Gabriel Smith Writes Like He Has Nothing Left to Lose
"I think that almost all of the work under the 'autofiction' banner is politically corrupt."
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