I’m Having a Hard Time Saying No: How Can I Be More of a Literary Asshole?

I’m Having a Hard Time Saying No: How Can I Be More of a Literary Asshole?

In Which Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | September 24, 2026

My Partner Refuses to Read or Even TALK About Books? Should We Break Up?

My Partner Refuses to Read or Even TALK About Books? Should We Break Up?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior on This Week’s Am I the Literary Asshole?

By Kristen Arnett | September 10, 2026

Help, My Writing Group Thinks My Latest Story Was Really Funny: It Wasn’t Meant to Be

Help, My Writing Group Thinks My Latest Story Was Really Funny: It Wasn’t Meant to Be

This Week, Kristen Arnett Answers Questions About Bad Editors, Novel Draft Panic, and Writing Group Anxieties

By Kristen Arnett | August 27, 2026

Am I the Asshole For Abandoning My First Love, Fantasy?

Am I the Asshole For Abandoning My First Love, Fantasy?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | August 13, 2026

Am I the Asshole For Wanting to Switch Writers’ Groups?

Am I the Asshole For Wanting to Switch Writers’ Groups?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | July 30, 2026

Am I the Asshole For Being Jealous of My Friend’s Literary Success?

Am I the Asshole For Being Jealous of My Friend’s Literary Success?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | July 16, 2026

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Am I the Asshole For Refusing an Invitation to Submit Work?

By Kristen Arnett | July 2, 2026

My Newly Successful Friend Won’t Stop Namedropping: Is She the Literary Asshole?

By Kristen Arnett | June 18, 2026

My Sister Thinks Everything I Write is About Her... Is She the Literary Asshole?

By Kristen Arnett | June 4, 2026

My Writing Group Forgot My Birthday: Are They the Assholes?

My Writing Group Forgot My Birthday: Are They the Assholes?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | May 21, 2026

Am I the Literary Asshole For Thinking Most Writers Are Trash, Actually?

Am I the Literary Asshole For Thinking Most Writers Are Trash, Actually?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | May 7, 2026

My Friend Won’t Stop Sending Me Writing and It’s Driving Me Crazy: Am I the Literary Asshole?

My Friend Won’t Stop Sending Me Writing and It’s Driving Me Crazy: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | April 23, 2026

Am I the Asshole For Not Wanting to Do an Author Photo For My Debut Novel?

Am I the Asshole For Not Wanting to Do an Author Photo For My Debut Novel?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | April 9, 2026

Am I the Asshole For Thinking So Much Book Publicity is Cringe?

Am I the Asshole For Thinking So Much Book Publicity is Cringe?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | March 26, 2026

Am I the Asshole For Trying to Pitch Editors and Agents at Crowded AWP Parties?

Am I the Asshole For Trying to Pitch Editors and Agents at Crowded AWP Parties?

In Which Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | March 13, 2026

Am I the Asshole For Preferring Adaptations to the Original Books?

Am I the Asshole For Preferring Adaptations to the Original Books?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | February 26, 2026

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