Exceptional review from Jennifer Wilson in the The New Yorker about a pair of books that engage with the endpoints of AI but refuse to critique the systems that got us here in the first place. newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

Also I don't understand why the prize money for writers outside of prison can be as high as $75,000 but the prize money for writers inside of prison is $250. prismreports.org/2024/04/17/pen…

Two new novels, “Annie Bot” and “Loneliness & Company,” reflect anxieties about A.I. coming for our hearts as well as for our jobs. nyer.cm/cWqEmIJ

People are sleeping with their phones for real. AI girlfriend and NSFW companion apps have been downloaded over 100 million times. For the @newyorker's Tech issue, I wrote about our brave new libidos and some recent novels that are trying to keep up. newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

Tinker, tailor, illustrator, commodities broker—for e-flux, I wrote about the great group show “Day Jobs,” and how artists make cash and make their work, now on view at the Cantor Center at Stanford. e-flux.com/criticism/6026…

'We need not speculate anymore about the dangers and delights of letting these devices join our hot spots. The future is at our door with flowers.' will always read Jennifer Wilson newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

I mentioned the Philadelphia general strike of 1835 at a book talk today and a dude in the audience yelled “Go Birds” 🦅

had fun writing about the Legend of Playoff Jimmy. newyorker.com/sports/sportin…

The latest episode of Selected Essays, on Viktor Shklovsky and the kind of criticism you can write outside of a market-driven literary ecosystem:
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In just the last few days, several authors have withdrawn their books from PEN awards consideration.
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I spoke with Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha about many things — about creating art during war, about the toll of destroying culture, about replanting flowers, and about birthdays and Eid in Gaza. I am deeply grateful for this conversation. open.spotify.com/episode/5nenUI…

Me on Hanif Abdurraqib's visionary new work on the intersections of 'Life' & 'Ball' for Bookforum Magazine bookforum.com/print/3004/han…

I talked about Shklovsky's 'Art as Device,' the essay that convinced me criticism is a worker's tool belt, for the The Point Magazine 's Selected Essays pod. Spasibo bolshoe to Jessica Swoboda and Zach Fine for having me on!

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So cool! My former student Alle Mims created a podcast for theGrio.com called 'Harlem and Moscow.' It's about a 1932 trip that writers and artists from the Harlem Renaissance took to Soviet Moscow.

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New York! Come meet Short War (I mean and also me) tonight McNally Jackson with Jennifer Wilson!