The Testament of Ann Lee! Forthcoming.

I mean, phew. Wide world out there. And in recent years I have become more upset and perplexed by how algorithms in particular have changed entertainment; it has the same silo-ing effect I saw in Christian media for a decade but writ widely. The aim is to shut down brains and feed them slop.

It defies categorization!

Feel like it's a lot more likely they would just be blasting "My Shot."

wow this made me homesick????

Obviously, you can think whatever you want about any book, but to me, Nabokov's two masterworks (Lolita, Pale Fire) are about horrible people possessed of deep delusions of grandeur who aim to get the reader on their side by appearing to be smart. And a lot of people fall for it!

He also finds it unattractive when she cries after he rapes her! Mr. Nabokov gave us all the clues!

I am all for more expansive readings of any text, including Lolita, but if you're going to argue that it's about, like, the European seduction of America(??), please at least contend with how many times the explicit text lets you know Humbert is ruining Dolores's life.

Ideally New York, but I'm open to other locations.