Alec Michod

Est. 1975, Chicago. Novel: THE WHITE CITY. @columbiaSOA @uchicago Emmy-nominated documentarian, TV exec.

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“We do not live in an era of national literatures jockeying for universality and/or ‘universal readers’ (the readers of the Anglosphere, alas, being the only ones who are ever really afforded that mantle), but one of duelling gnosticisms.” @maxdaniellawton

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Here is my vaguely Célinian essay about what you might call Maximalism @lithub @DeepVellum https://t.co/EFyehWbE3v

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Dear writers, we need your imagination, your narrative creativity and your lively thinking. We need these to create spaces of freedom and authenticity, within which divine grace can make the promise of consolation and peace resound. https://t.co/FEmCrdQ392

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@wself.

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Is the esteemed @nytimes now AI-written?

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@jacobwe Can't wait for this. Epic cover.

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@HeerJeet @iangarrickmason The report: https://t.co/r4s8Ijg18R

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“Does an idea belong to those who use it or those who find it? I’ve decided to think that ideas belong to those who use them, thus to everyone.”—Blek le Rat

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Rest in power to the magnetic intellect, Stephen Koch, first rockstar professor and a dashing fellow. @ColumbiaSOA 📷: Peter Hujar

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@Borisk @willystaley And Denis Johnson, who passed away in his house in the redwoods.

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Tommy Orange

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“In cities,
I strain to gather my absurdities.”—Ted Berrigan

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@maxdaniellawton Incredibly astute and wise assessment. Curious how semicolons are used in all, or not used.

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Fascinating glimpse into a fractured compositional process. https://t.co/HB8C1vBPXw

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Ozzy! Who leaves us on a literal crazy train hurtling into the abyss, seems appropriate…

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@corpseinorbit Sadly, that’s Maria Muldaur in front (though Mimi seems to be groovin’ too). TP looks to be caught in the awkward tall white guy groove too, tapping his thigh with the other hand anchored to his waist lest he really cut loose.

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@Jelliboi @corpseinorbit @foxesinfiction 100% not Owen, though the Owen Mel Lyman connection is bonkers.

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@lancerichardson Can’t wait.

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@bengreenman Genius. Cf. the Milwaukee Astronomical Society (MAS).

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Hard not to see the underlying connections and patterns already forming: the Milwaukee Astronomical Society (MAS): Oedipa and Mucho Maas. Also: Mass., the state of Massachusetts, the site of Slothrop’s drug-fueled jazz club misadventure and birthplace of Pyncheons.

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Milwaukee 1932: “Amateur Star Gazers Plan an Organization.Amateur students of heavenly bodies who are interested in organizing an amateur astronomical association have been asked to attend an organization meeting at 8 p.m. Wed. at the home of L.E. Armfield. 2046 S. 59th St.”

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#Pynchon