She was 17 years old; he was 47. They ended up being married for almost 50 years. I wrote about Jill Ciment's fascinating and sometimes uncomfortable new memoir for @TheCut

When Jared Hewitt’s co-worker claimed last winter that Hewitt used AI to write an incident report for the day care they work at. The co-worker pointed to the words ‘juxtaposition’ and ­‘circumstantial’ as evidence of a machine-generated influence. “I don’t write in a casual way

We're all in a suspicious mood now that LLMs are churning out billions of words a day. It's unclear who is passing off AI text as their own. What about the people whose writing just happens to sound like AI? I talked to a bunch of them! https://t.co/UbZUdJs2QY

I had a pretty interesting conversation with Tom Junod about his new memoir. We talked about masculinity, family secrets and the ethics of reporting on them, how he sees the relationship between gender and morality, and a lot more

it's always nice to get in touch with old friends

played a small part in this comprehensive ranking of Adult Swim shows, a role I began preparing for in 2001 https://t.co/ykdSq7P5Ua

Being a writer has never been a sure path to fame or accolades or satisfaction or, in fact, stability of any kind. But today, it’s hard to imagine even the most decorated of authors without a rich spouse, family money, a side gig or three. Those aspiring to a career in writing

I wrote about a new novel by Andrew Martin:

good books this month including Liza's memoir, Wayne Koestenbaum's poetical novel, and a new Tana French https://t.co/6Dw82XooZf

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okay book twitter here's your investigative assignment for the day

finally, the copyediting angle

I’ve Been Laid Off. I’m Not Done.

Books for this month, both wonderful and strange https://t.co/IpmXlSjEkY

really, really good Book Gossip today

January book-release recommendations in fiction and nonfiction include Faustian tale from Knausgaard, a debut novel from ‘Forever Magazine’ founder Madeline Cash, and a memoir about homeschooling in Texas.

Just learned that the only Tom Cruise movie my sister has seen is Austin Powers Goldmember

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A dishy end-of-year industry poll in Book Gossip today…sign up here if you know what’s good for you https://t.co/GVqWPOVfqM

Twenty-five things to do (some in New York, some anywhere) over the next two weeks, including a New Year's Eve opera and a video game about a crystalline skateboarding demon

Here's what you should know about December books https://t.co/HJC6Ko8TYr