I asked my coworker, Tim Brady, what he thought about Trump and his plans for Muslims, and he told me to get the fuck out of his cubicle. Also I’m not a reporter. Can I still have $100?

The answer to what Franzen would like is pretty obvious, since he’s written a lot about his admiration for Alice Munro and he helped Nell Zink get published. Munro and Zink: Two writers with very different careers who have clearly never felt obliged to pander to anyone. That would be because they are actual artists…

Who do you write for?

The waning importance of the whole phenomenon of“literary production and reception” has been going on for some time.

I’m an aspiring writer with a few stories/essays, as well as half a novel under my belt, and I’ve never asked myself who I’m writing for. Now that I AM asking, the only answer I can come up with is: humans.

“burn this motherfucking system to the ground and build something better.”

And much respect to Deadspin for not letting this one go and publishing what they have.

Don’t sweat the difficulties, Albert. If we know one thing about gamers, it’s that they’re not particularly hypersensitive to any sort of direct or even indirect criticism about their hobby.

Police say there is no clear motive for the attack.

MTE. Perez might be an awful person/misogynist, but he’s been getting pedophile-shit about his son for a long time now.

Ok, not a Perez Hilton fan but have to leap to his defence here. Any parent of young kids knows that they see you naked constantly. In the morning my bathroom is like a rave in Ibiza (only not fun), we’re all running around naked trying to get ready. Any accusations of Hilton being a pedophile for showering with his…

Stan Lee is now just Stanly.