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April 9, 2025 | Nonfiction

Being Means Too Much

Sasha Vetrov

I was sitting in a coffee shop I used to go to. This was in Bangkok.

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Like a Rotisserie Chicken from Costco photo

April 8, 2025 | Fiction

Like a Rotisserie Chicken from Costco

Jean Marie Hackett

Let’s be clear:

You destroy things.

Ariel Courage on Bad Nature photo

April 7, 2025 | Interview

Ariel Courage on Bad Nature

Anna Dorn

I think a lot about Annie Ernaux saying that she writes like she's going to die afterward. The principle works for all kinds of writing, not just autofiction—it's an urgency that makes the voice more electric, that drives you to completion, that's more honest because it has no concern for consequences.

An LLM Writes a Breakup Text to your Fuckbuddy photo

April 6, 2025 | fucked up modern love essays

An LLM Writes a Breakup Text to your Fuckbuddy

Azaria Brown

Prompt

# Tasks

Write a breakup text.
End relationship as clearly and concisely as possible.
Express disappointment, but be vague.
Make it clear that no further contact is desired or