maddie crum
@maddiecrum.bsky.social
adjunct at cuny, editor at joyland. criticism in the baffler, the los angeles review of books, the washington post, the brooklyn rail, etc. 🌊
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An excerpt from my book, The Keeper, forthcoming next fall!
An excerpt from my book, The Keeper, forthcoming next fall!
"I thought eventually Jo-Ann Fabrics would stop feeling like a translated Jo-Ann Fabrics, parallel to but separate from the source." @uawilk.bsky.social, from "The Keeper"
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from “The Keeper” — Cleveland Review of Books
I thought eventually Jo-Ann Fabrics would stop feeling like a translated Jo-Ann Fabrics, parallel to but separate from the source.
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September 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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An excerpt from my book, The Keeper, forthcoming next fall!
An excerpt from my book, The Keeper, forthcoming next fall!
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"When we use generative AI, we consent to the appropriation of our intellectual property by data scrapers. We stuff the pockets of oligarchs with even more money. We hand over our autonomy, at the very moment of emerging American fascism."
“An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the artificial intelligence industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny.” Out from behind the paywall: the Editors on the literature of AI resignation.
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
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Large Language Muddle | The Editors
The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...
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September 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"When we use generative AI, we consent to the appropriation of our intellectual property by data scrapers. We stuff the pockets of oligarchs with even more money. We hand over our autonomy, at the very moment of emerging American fascism."
my favorite audiobooks i listened to this year were “time and free will” by henri bergson and “veronica” by mary gaitskill
my favorite books i read this year were “creation lake” by rachel kushner and “serve it forth” by m.f.k. fisher
December 19, 2024 at 8:13 PM
my favorite audiobooks i listened to this year were “time and free will” by henri bergson and “veronica” by mary gaitskill
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This app may be cringe but I appreciate that I can scroll here without taking critical damage / losing braincells
December 17, 2024 at 12:49 AM
This app may be cringe but I appreciate that I can scroll here without taking critical damage / losing braincells
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read me and @emotrophywife.bsky.social in critical conversation about feminism, friendship, books, criticism and more open.substack.com/pub/gracebyr...
Kate Wagner x Grace Byron
A Conversation with Critic Kate Wagner
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December 16, 2024 at 3:44 PM
read me and @emotrophywife.bsky.social in critical conversation about feminism, friendship, books, criticism and more open.substack.com/pub/gracebyr...
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“Gabriel had attended a normal school, wore sportswear, and had male friends from home who got into physical fights when they went out on a Saturday night. His peers at Oxford therefore believed him to be ‘street.’ ” A short story by Daisy Hildyard.
“Revision,” by Daisy Hildyard
For the first time, Gabriel accepted that this privilege was in his possession. He had taken his place at the table.
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December 15, 2024 at 9:01 PM
“Gabriel had attended a normal school, wore sportswear, and had male friends from home who got into physical fights when they went out on a Saturday night. His peers at Oxford therefore believed him to be ‘street.’ ” A short story by Daisy Hildyard.
the only pictures i took at our christmas party were of the ice block i made in a bundt pan
December 16, 2024 at 8:35 PM
the only pictures i took at our christmas party were of the ice block i made in a bundt pan
my favorite books i read this year were “creation lake” by rachel kushner and “serve it forth” by m.f.k. fisher
December 4, 2024 at 6:11 PM
my favorite books i read this year were “creation lake” by rachel kushner and “serve it forth” by m.f.k. fisher
spotify wrapped knows it’s funny, like a precocious kid
December 4, 2024 at 5:42 PM
spotify wrapped knows it’s funny, like a precocious kid
recommended some flip-flops and a jacqueline rose book for @dirt.bsky.social’s gift guide 🙃
November 27, 2024 at 5:56 PM
recommended some flip-flops and a jacqueline rose book for @dirt.bsky.social’s gift guide 🙃
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“I was close to death all that month. When you get to the last stages of hunger, it doesn’t hurt at all. You lose all the strength in your body, but your brain keeps churning, and when you’re asleep you dream non-stop.” Fiction by Shuang Xuetao.
“Paris Friend,” by Shuang Xuetao
So you get on well? he said. You could say that, I said. You could say that, for a while now, she’s been my only reason to go on living.
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November 24, 2024 at 6:08 PM
“I was close to death all that month. When you get to the last stages of hunger, it doesn’t hurt at all. You lose all the strength in your body, but your brain keeps churning, and when you’re asleep you dream non-stop.” Fiction by Shuang Xuetao.
for @clereviewbooks.bsky.social, i riffed about jenny erpenbeck, who writes systems novels with psychological depth. it’ll be online eventually; for now here are some pictures of the issue, which came in the mail today!
November 22, 2024 at 8:52 PM
for @clereviewbooks.bsky.social, i riffed about jenny erpenbeck, who writes systems novels with psychological depth. it’ll be online eventually; for now here are some pictures of the issue, which came in the mail today!
decelerating one ebay purchase at a time
November 20, 2024 at 9:40 PM
decelerating one ebay purchase at a time
wondering if and when the pre-impressionist art bots will make the switch
November 15, 2024 at 6:39 PM
wondering if and when the pre-impressionist art bots will make the switch
if nicholson baker gets on here and starts posting slouchy pictures of chairs and traffic cones like he did on twitter ~2013, i’m in
November 15, 2024 at 4:11 PM
if nicholson baker gets on here and starts posting slouchy pictures of chairs and traffic cones like he did on twitter ~2013, i’m in