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Am I the Asshole For Being Jealous of My Friend’s Literary Success?
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior
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Kristen Arnett
| July 16, 2026
Am I the Asshole For Refusing an Invitation to Submit Work?
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Kristen Arnett
| July 2, 2026
My Newly Successful Friend Won’t Stop Namedropping: Is She the Literary Asshole?
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Kristen Arnett
| June 18, 2026
My Sister Thinks Everything I Write is About Her... Is She the Literary Asshole?
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Kristen Arnett
| June 4, 2026
My Writing Group Forgot My Birthday: Are They the Assholes?
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| May 21, 2026
Am I the Literary Asshole For Thinking Most Writers Are Trash, Actually?
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My Friend Won’t Stop Sending Me Writing and It’s Driving Me Crazy: Am I the Literary Asshole?
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Am I the Literary Asshole For Being Tired of My Self-Congratulatory Liberal Book Group?
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| January 29, 2026
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| January 15, 2026
Am I the Asshole For Calling Out Romance Novelists Who Don’t Actually Care About Romance?
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| December 18, 2025
My Friends Won’t Let Me Into Their Writers’ Group: Am I the Literary Asshole?
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior
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| December 4, 2025
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