“Write what you know” is the worst variety of bullshit.

After the Shya Scanlon interview, me and he (interviewer and interviewee) were thinking a little about it and wondering about how to make the posts a little more like the beginning of a conversation instead of the end of one. What do folks think about Roxane’s comment-bound discussion idea? When one of us interviews someone, would you like it if we asked our subjects if they would be willing to schedule some time to interact with commenters after the interview is posted?

What writers do you think have the most entertaining or thought provoking Twitter feeds?

Davide Panagia said: Aesthetic realism is always artifice.

What do you think?

The Tyrant and I carried Mean Week over to Vice:

“Is anything more tiresome, in fiction, than the problems of sensitive adolescents?”

— John Barth, “Lost in the Funhouse”

What is the #1 all time overrated, over–anthologized, you-are-sick-of story or poem or essay?

Winston made for the stairs. It was no use trying the lift. Even at the best of times it was seldom working, and at present the electric current was cut off during daylight hours. It was part of the economy drive in preparation for Hate Week.

Do you think it’s wrong to call Joshua Furst Joshua Farts?