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Stephen Marche on the Truth About Writerly Perseverance

Stephen Marche on the Truth About Writerly Perseverance

“The sources of writerly perseverance are mostly silly.”

By Stephen Marche | March 3, 2023

On One of the Most Influential Essays of the 21st Century: Of Snark and Smarm

On One of the Most Influential Essays of the 21st Century: Of Snark and Smarm

Stephen Marche Considers the Long Tail of Tom Scocca’s “On Smarm”

By Stephen Marche | February 14, 2023

Does Artificial Intelligence Really Have the Potential to Create Transformative Art?

Does Artificial Intelligence Really Have the Potential to Create Transformative Art?

Stephen Marche on the Possible Futures of Machine Creativity

By Stephen Marche | June 27, 2022

What Will It Take to Resuscitate American Democracy?

What Will It Take to Resuscitate American Democracy?

Stephen Marche on the Dual Failings of the Left and the Right

By Stephen Marche | February 10, 2022

Winning the Game You Didn’t Even Want to Play: On Sally Rooney and the Literature of the Pose

Winning the Game You Didn’t Even Want to Play: On Sally Rooney and the Literature of the Pose

Stephen Marche Considers Contemporary Fiction’s Slow Abandonment of Literary Voice

By Stephen Marche | September 15, 2021

The Imitation of Consciousness: On the Present and Future of Natural Language Processing

The Imitation of Consciousness: On the Present and Future of Natural Language Processing

Stephen Marche Considers AI, Machine Learning, and “the Labyrinth of Another’s Being”

By Stephen Marche | June 23, 2021

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