monalisa vitti
@monalisavitti.bsky.social
aka cristina politano // essay and fiction writer // interviews for minor lits
"Substance abuse can bond people. But it’s also anhedonia. There’s no glamour. "
minor literature[s]@minorliteratures.bsky.social · 6mo ago“The last thing the world needs is another middle-aged white man writing about masculinity, politics and whatever”: An Interview with @stuhennigan.bsky.social — @susannacrossman.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/04/14/t...
I interviewed the brilliant @stuhennigan.bsky.social about his debut #keshed @ortacpress.bsky.social. We chatted about his process, the complexities of writing class & addiction, blistering sentences, T.Harrison, Dylan Thomas, Pat Barker, punk poets & more. All thanks @minorliteratures.bsky.social.
minor literature[s]@minorliteratures.bsky.social · 6mo ago“The last thing the world needs is another middle-aged white man writing about masculinity, politics and whatever”: An Interview with @stuhennigan.bsky.social — @susannacrossman.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/04/14/t...
“The last thing the world needs is another middle-aged white man writing about masculinity, politics and whatever”: An Interview with @stuhennigan.bsky.social — @susannacrossman.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/04/14/t...
“The last thing the world needs is another middle-aged white man writing about masculinity, politics and whatever”: An Interview with Stu Hennigan — Susanna Crossman
Stu Hennigan’s debut novel Keshed is a dark, complex, and visceral exploration of class, belonging, addiction and fatherhood. And yet, in the words of Hennigan himself, Keshed is at its heart ̶…
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Very much looking forward to sharing this interview with the brilliant @stuhennigan.bsky.social about his excellent debut #keshed. Words on his multi-layered process, vernacular, writing class & addiction, poet Dylan Thomas, rhythm, language & more. Out tomorrow in @minorliteratures.bsky.social !
minor literature[s]@minorliteratures.bsky.social · 6mo agoand coming up this week ... — @susannacrossman.bsky.social interviews @stuhennigan.bsky.social — an extract from Darker with the Dawn by @adamsteinerauthor.bsky.social
Calling all Long Goodbye freaks: Hollywood Heritage is working with the Hollywood Heights Association to offer a very early Sunday morning tour of High Tower--and yes, you'll get a ride in Philip Marlowe's elevator. BYOC (bring your own cat food). www.hollywoodheritage.org/event-detail...
For the weekend crowd -- I have an interview out in minor lits about CHILDLESS MILLENNIAL, come learn the lore behind the title and the finer points of what makes a millennial
minor literature[s]@minorliteratures.bsky.social · 6mo agoALSO! Monthly Dispatch #33 — ft. @thoushallkill.bsky.social Sef, @ericracher.bsky.social Kelly Krumrie, Alice Blackhurst, Simon Wortham, Kiana Rezakhanlou, Hélène Cixous @erinvincent.bsky.social @chiaradilello.bsky.social & more ... minorlits.substack.com/p/monthly-di...
Happy Easter! Here’s a lovely Romano-British brooch in the form of a cheerful little hare! 😍 Copper alloy decorated with enamel, 2nd-3rd century AD. 📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o... #Archaeology
Loved talking to @monalisavitti.bsky.social for @minorliteratures.bsky.social about all things childfree, including pronatalism, what makes a millennial, and Disney World. I hope you'll give it a read! minorliteratures.com/2026/03/31/c...
“Choosing not to have children doesn’t mean that we don’t have skin in the game”: An Interview with Chiara Di Lello — Cristina Politano
Chiara Di Lello is a writer whose recent chapbook, Childless Millennial, sketches the contours of a figure that has, over the course of the last few years, emerged at the center of a supercharged p…
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new interview up with @chiaradilello.bsky.social on her new chapbook Childless Millennial. check it out:
minor literature[s]@minorliteratures.bsky.social · 7mo ago"What does it mean to grow up when the world is not ready to let you into adulthood, to let you have adult autonomy because of the economy and politics and all of these things beyond your control?" @chiaradilello.bsky.social talks to @monalisavitti.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/03/31/c...
“Choosing not to have children doesn’t mean that we don’t have skin in the game”: An Interview with @chiaradilello.bsky.social — @monalisavitti.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/03/31/c...
“Choosing not to have children doesn’t mean that we don’t have skin in the game”: An Interview with Chiara Di Lello — Cristina Politano
Chiara Di Lello is a writer whose recent chapbook, Childless Millennial, sketches the contours of a figure that has, over the course of the last few years, emerged at the center of a supercharged p…
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Today is Sextidi the 6th of Germinal in the year 234. Germinal is the month of sprouting. Today we celebrate chard. #JacobinDay More information on chard
Girl and the River at Six O’Clock (2025) by Hanieh Ghashghaei. Acrylic on paper.
Our annual, seasonal viewing of Duck With Spring Onions. Oil on canvas. www.vickisawyer.com/shop/fine-ar... As glorious and medicinal as the sun.
Been feeling a bit overwhelmed lately, so it feels like a good time to share my painting "Steady".
“The white space on the page represents the silences, omissions, the unspeakable and the unknowable”: An Interview with Erin Vincent — Cristina Politano minorliteratures.com/2026/03/17/t...
“The white space on the page represents the silences, omissions, the unspeakable and the unknowable”: An Interview with Erin Vincent — Cristina Politano
Erin Vincent’s Fourteen Ways of Looking is a genre-defying text, one that disrupts readers’ notions of what memoir, fiction, and autobiography might resemble, all while it challenges th…
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"I set myself a constraint—every fragment had to have the number fourteen in it. Now, how could I do that without driving the reader crazy? It became like a game ..." — @erinvincent.bsky.social talks to @monalisavitti.bsky.social @deepvellum.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/03/17/t...
“The white space on the page represents the silences, omissions, the unspeakable and the unknowable”: An Interview with Erin Vincent — Cristina Politano
Erin Vincent’s Fourteen Ways of Looking is a genre-defying text, one that disrupts readers’ notions of what memoir, fiction, and autobiography might resemble, all while it challenges th…
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new interview with @erinvincent.bsky.social !! check it out !
minor literature[s]@minorliteratures.bsky.social · 7mo ago“The white space on the page represents the silences, omissions, the unspeakable and the unknowable”: An Interview with @erinvincent.bsky.social — @monalisavitti.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/03/17/t...
MAHA: Eating a giant steak cooked in butter alongside beef tallow fries and washing it down with coffee spiked with butter Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
« At its best it was around 20 years of people making works that altered the way art was made, who had access to make it, and the way it circulated and was received; works that changed the ways we see the world » THIS 👆 Insightful interview with @badaude.bsky.social by @monalisavitti.bsky.social 😍
minor literature[s]@minorliteratures.bsky.social · 8mo ago"The demand for verified profiles…dismantles a valuable feature of the early web: the ability to step outside the boundaries of offline gender, class, racial categories and appear as pure language ..." @monalisavitti.bsky.social interviews @badaude.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/02/10/m...
check out my interview with @badaude.bsky.social on her recent book Amateurs!
minor literature[s]@minorliteratures.bsky.social · 8mo ago"If we’re to build on this era, its vital not to turn away from the internet, however dispiriting its degradation into a more commercial and policed space ..." — @badaude.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/02/10/m...
“Most people are still scrolling because there’s nowhere else to go”: An Interview with @badaude.bsky.social — @monalisavitti.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/02/10/m...
“Most people are still scrolling because there’s nowhere else to go”: An Interview with Joanna Walsh — Cristina Politano
Joanna Walsh’s Amateurs!: How We Built the Internet and Why It Matters was recently published by Verso Books. In it, Walsh charts the ascendancy of a new kind of digital creative, one who mud…
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