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Marion Winik reflects on telling secrets, writing fiction versus nonfiction, and her 1994 memoir, First Comes Love.
Marion Winik on Marrying a Gay Man, Telling Secrets, and Writing Fiction Versus Nonfiction
First Comes Love is a memoir about my marriage to Tony Heubach, a gay man, chronicling our meeting at Mardi Gras in 1983 and all the adventures and misadventures that followed. We found out Tony wa…
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December 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Marion Winik reflects on telling secrets, writing fiction versus nonfiction, and her 1994 memoir, First Comes Love.
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
lily allen really is that bitch
November 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
lily allen really is that bitch
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‘When I was a 14-year-old gay kid in the American South and pulled Baldwin’s novel off a bookstore shelf, it radically reoriented my relationship to dignity. The more I’ve read and taught the novel, the harder I’ve found this to explain.’
— @garthgreenwell.bsky.social
harpers.org/archive/2025...
— @garthgreenwell.bsky.social
harpers.org/archive/2025...
Enamored of the Abyss, by Garth Greenwell
On the place of affirmation in art
harpers.org
October 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
‘When I was a 14-year-old gay kid in the American South and pulled Baldwin’s novel off a bookstore shelf, it radically reoriented my relationship to dignity. The more I’ve read and taught the novel, the harder I’ve found this to explain.’
— @garthgreenwell.bsky.social
harpers.org/archive/2025...
— @garthgreenwell.bsky.social
harpers.org/archive/2025...
feeling like one of the main points of a book is to explore a fucked up little thing (and the dangers of it!!!) within the confines of a package you can close and put away if it hurts too much
September 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
feeling like one of the main points of a book is to explore a fucked up little thing (and the dangers of it!!!) within the confines of a package you can close and put away if it hurts too much
i'm sorry but when did movie tickets become twenty fucking dollars
July 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
i'm sorry but when did movie tickets become twenty fucking dollars
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Calling liberatory ideology "juvenile" is a tell about the marginalization of children & their dismissal as our comrades & kin - not a gotcha about justice as unfeasible.
March 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Calling liberatory ideology "juvenile" is a tell about the marginalization of children & their dismissal as our comrades & kin - not a gotcha about justice as unfeasible.
holy hell is it ever a combo mercury venus retrograde
March 17, 2025 at 5:56 AM
holy hell is it ever a combo mercury venus retrograde
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You’re just cheating yourself, baby
March 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
You’re just cheating yourself, baby
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A reminder that if you’re using AI to write your novel or memoir or whatever it is you’re trying to develop, you’re absolutely doing it wrong and missing the point entirely of what it means to make art and tend to and honor your creative self.
March 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A reminder that if you’re using AI to write your novel or memoir or whatever it is you’re trying to develop, you’re absolutely doing it wrong and missing the point entirely of what it means to make art and tend to and honor your creative self.
feeling desperate to hold a bday party just so i can show up looking extra hot
March 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM
feeling desperate to hold a bday party just so i can show up looking extra hot
i will literally always be thinking of when fiona apple was like "so be it, i'm your crowbar" and then TWENTY yearS LATER she was like, "fetch the bolt cutters, i've been in here too long"
March 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
i will literally always be thinking of when fiona apple was like "so be it, i'm your crowbar" and then TWENTY yearS LATER she was like, "fetch the bolt cutters, i've been in here too long"
when ur so tired of URSELF am i right ladies
March 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
when ur so tired of URSELF am i right ladies
i need to stop shaving as a single girlie bc i get all smooth and i’m like hmmmmm whomst would like to enjoy the smoothness? i be so obsessed with myself i wanna share
March 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
i need to stop shaving as a single girlie bc i get all smooth and i’m like hmmmmm whomst would like to enjoy the smoothness? i be so obsessed with myself i wanna share
i am meant to be in love!!!!
February 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
i am meant to be in love!!!!
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I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
February 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
more and more my gender is becoming “lover boy”
February 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
more and more my gender is becoming “lover boy”
i’ll shave my legs before i shave my pussy but i’ll shave my pussy before i shave my armpits
February 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM
i’ll shave my legs before i shave my pussy but i’ll shave my pussy before i shave my armpits
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like tbh ban the sale of teslas fucking yesterday and leverage the absolutely massive and critical energy and raw materials industries imo
February 2, 2025 at 12:42 AM
like tbh ban the sale of teslas fucking yesterday and leverage the absolutely massive and critical energy and raw materials industries imo
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Honestly fuck America for making me engage in any hint of nationalism because ew
February 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Honestly fuck America for making me engage in any hint of nationalism because ew
me and lacy being so happy in cali 🍋 surviving on cheeto’s and bourbon
January 31, 2025 at 1:13 AM
me and lacy being so happy in cali 🍋 surviving on cheeto’s and bourbon
getting #stressed about a single v day and i don’t need like a relationship or anything but i’d love to buy someone dinner and flowers you know? i wanna buy a heart sweater and be v day vibey
January 31, 2025 at 1:11 AM
getting #stressed about a single v day and i don’t need like a relationship or anything but i’d love to buy someone dinner and flowers you know? i wanna buy a heart sweater and be v day vibey
@slugbbmade.bsky.social do u have any spiralling bisexual stickers left
January 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
@slugbbmade.bsky.social do u have any spiralling bisexual stickers left