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A few weeks ago, I got to hear Marie-Helene Bertino read from the short story that became the basis for her novel, Beautyland . The passages...

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Ron Currie's 2009 novel Everything Matters! blew me away -- it's a story about a kid who knows the exact moment he's going to d...

Like Amazon, avocados, and Colleen Hoover novels, my reflexive reaction to any conversation about generative AI is to wince and turn away. I...