August 22, 2025
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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”
What If Procrastination Is an Essential Part of Our Writing Process?
Amy Sackville on an Aesthetics of Deferral
Jenny Lawson on Mental Health, Writer’s Block, and Her Unofficial Role as Den Mother of Misfits
The Author of Broken in Conversation With John Scalzi
Towards the Heart of a Book: In Praise of the Epigraph
Thomas Swick on the Importance of the “Ceremonial Gate”
Forrest Gander on the Investment and Involvement Required of Reading Poetry
In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl
Sports Are Sad: On Winning and Losing (i.e. Living and Dying)
Emily Thomas Mani on Grief and Ephemerality
Healthcare Has a Race—and Gender—Problem
Elinor Cleghorn on the Struggle for Black Women to Be Heard
How Gaslighting in Fiction Can Reflect the Realities of Psychological Abuse
Jennifer Baker Considers The Illness Lesson and Real Life
The Four Narratives That Now Dominate American Life
George Packer in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On
How Writing a Novel About the Evangelical Church Helped Me Grieve the Loss of My Religion
Kelsey McKinney on the Complex Feelings of Leaving the Faith
Kristen Arnett on the Loneliness of Queer Parenting in Red States
This Week from the Reading Women Podcast
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore in Praise of Unconventional Writing Practices
In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast
There’s No Such Thing As an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura, Read by Cindy Kay
A Fascinating Look at Capitalism, Translated from Japanese
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