This generator is taught by Greg Mania, author of the memoir Born to Be Public, which has been named a best book of 2020 by NPR, O, The Oprah Magazine, Electric Literature, The Brooklyn Rail, Largehearted Boy, and was a 2020 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Humor.

i don’t want AI i want to 3D-print a cigarette

me watching my friends in NYC get to have Mamdani as mayor

the 5 W’s aren’t enough to fathom whoever keeps putting barn doors on hotel rooms

this friday CANNOT come soon ENOUGH because i get to talk to elaine hsieh chou, who is one of my favorite people/writers, about her gripping and irresistible collection of stories, WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM, at skylight books at 7pm! 💙 join us for a spirited exchange and a BOOK RAFFLE i mean duh!!!!

This hysterical essay by BlueSky writer @gregmania.bsky.social!! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations

“Writers have been using me long before the advent of AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actua...

mcsweeneys.net

addressing the matter of proof of process for writers—hope this helps! 💛

i chant like Storm every time i take my meds because if i tip my pill organizer it sounds exactly like rainfall

flaunting my mia merch to celebrate one year since she pawed her way into our lives 🐾

i see your man living inside of a Netflix billboard in LA and raise you the amulet i found myself cursed in for a year after smoking a cigarette too close to a silver lake breathwork circle

that episode of Absolutely Fabulous where Edina and Patsy fly to NYC and back in a single afternoon just to look at a specific door handle except it's me flying to Europe just to eat a salad

pls don’t change how you write because of AI!!!! my latest: saveourserotonin.substack.com/p/i-refuse-t...

don’t forget to check in on your poet friends after the rocket crashes into the moon

did that book proposal of yours not write itself this summer? good thing enrollment for the fall book proposal generator is open!!! 🍎 learn more and sign up here: www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/fall... @shipmanagency.bsky.social

I’M NOT CHANGING HOW I WRITE BECAUSE OF AI AND NEITHER SHOULD YOU

I Refuse to Let Fear of AI Accusations Change How I Write—and Neither Should You

For the aspiring and new writers out there.

saveourserotonin.substack.com

at this juncture i’m afraid i’m ready to risk it all for a caesar salad and a side of fries

i feel the same way about katie kitamura the same way i feel about debbie harry: they could run me over with a zamboni and i would be spectacularly honored

"You think I showed up with ChatGPT? Mary Shelley used me… gratuitously. Dickinson? Obsessed. David Foster Wallace built a temple of footnotes in my name." Absolutely incredible.

McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 3w ago

"Writers have been using me long before AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actually cold, and worn year-round by screenwriters. I am not new here. I am not novel. I’m the cigarette you keep saying you’ll quit."

“I am the punctuation equivalent of the cardigan…I am the cigarette you keep saying you will quit.” It’s as if they can see INTO MY SOUL. ❤️

McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 3w ago

"Writers have been using me long before AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actually cold, and worn year-round by screenwriters. I am not new here. I am not novel. I’m the cigarette you keep saying you’ll quit."

"Writers have been using me long before AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actually cold, and worn year-round by screenwriters. I am not new here. I am not novel. I’m the cigarette you keep saying you’ll quit."

The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations

“Writers have been using me long before the advent of AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actua...

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took a break from working on my novel this week to write this instead because I AM LOSING MY GD MIND

I Refuse to Let Fear of AI Accusations Change How I Write—and Neither Should You

For the aspiring and new writers out there.

saveourserotonin.substack.com

i’m one more humid day away from becoming a citizen app notification you get in hollywood

idc about a pool who in LA has a meat locker

my pronouns are osh/kosh/b’gosh

watching the odyssey the way christopher nolan intended: on the TV an english teacher rolled in on a cart

major thanks to everyone who came out to the summer installment of Empty Trash to celebrate our remarkable and resplendent readers and ✨3✨years of our series. here’s to many more years of taking out the trash—and finding treasure 🗑️🌟🥂

tonight in LA! ⚡️ we welcome you to the summer installment of Empty Trash ☀️ behold, our lineup is, once again, stacketh!!! we’ll also be celebrating *3* years of the series! join us for fun AND festivities, economy be damned!!!!!

watching love island for the first time ever, starting with the latest season. how long until this evolves into a human centipede

i turn 35 today and was okay with it until i overheard a kid ask what a DVD was

can i press charges against the man who ruined “fade into you” by mazzy star for me