"How do I know if I contracted an STD? STD is an initialism, not a contraction." Classic.
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Bruce Overby - Author
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Prize-winning author of "The Cyclone Release," a Silicon Valley love story, and "Tristan 4 America," a literary novel with the pulse of a political thriller. Pre-order "Tristan 4 America" now: https://btwnthelines.com/product/tristan4america/
Michelle and I loved reading to this bright group of kids today! We hope this new Chicago Public Library branch at the Obama Presidential Center will be a place where folks come to read, check out books, and connect with one another for years to come.
TRISTAN 4 AMERICA ... Available now for pre-order! "Outraged, clear-eyed, and surprisingly hopeful, this cathartic political fiction from Overby (The Cyclone Release) updates a classic regular-joe-runs-for-office premise for the Trump era." — Publishers weekly btwnthelines.com/product/tris...
Tristan 4 America – Between the Lines Publishing
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"An A.I. can’t mean what it says, and indeed no human writer can mean what an A.I. writes on her behalf—she can agree with it, she can aspire to it, she can hide behind it, but she can’t mean it." Good piece on the AI-generated award winners controversy. www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
Did a Chatbot Write a Prize-Winning Story? Does It Matter?
A Commonwealth Prize-winning short story appears to have been generated with A.I. The response exposes larger fears about honesty, motivation, and expectation in literary writing.
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Required reading for any writer who submits to prize competitions.
Rebecca Makkai@rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 2mo agoWriters and readers and even editors have so many misunderstandings about how book prizes work. I’m not going to give anyone a stroke by revealing secrets of the judging room, BUT I want to tell you a whole lot of stuff that you probably don’t know 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/rebeccam...
My god, talk about phoning it in! This scam email is a vicious insult. Note the misspelling in the Subject line, the missing article "The" in the book title (yes, that's part of the title, dumbshit), and the ignorant premise. (What? Goodreads has a search function? Who knew?!) So annoying.
I've raised funds for Movember for many years, and research projects like this are the reason why. I love seeing the funds addressing every dimension of men's health. Have a look at what they found inside the TikTok feeds of young men.
Inside the manosphere: A world-first look at what young men actually see on TikTok
Movember researchers have analysed the TikTok viewing histories of 142 young men to go inside the digital worlds shaping masculinity today. Here’s what they found, and why it matters.
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In my latest newsletter, the nicest thing, an old friend, and the latest on my new book.
Bruce Overby Newsletter | The Nicest Thing
Here’s the thing: If you’re a reader—and I expect most of you who still receive this newsletter are—you should always feel free to reach out to an author whose book you’ve read and admired, because receiving messages of appreciation are absolutely the nicest thing that can happen to an author. Last month, I received just such a message out of the blue on Facebook. It came from a connection from the distant past, a fellow student at Branham High School in the 1970s, a friend of a friend, and it absolutely made my month, and possibly my year.
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After closing the sale of our house and completing the first phase our move, it's great to get back to The Backstory Above in San Francisco, where writing is my sole focus. 👍 #writing #writingcommunity
Three generations of the Boles enjoying dinner out in downtown MV.
