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Matt MillerLiberal ArtsWriting

Empty Words: Against Artificial Language

The shape of our language will in turn shape us. When we become comfortable with the crude and banal, we ourselves become crude and banal.

Jake MeadorWriting

Substack and the Formation of Writers

Substack has provided economic support to struggling writers, but the broader shifts it has brought to the writing economy might be less good.

Chris KrychoTechnologyWriting

32 Theses (and several more words) on Podcasting

This American Life is a great podcast. But it's an example of good podcasting, not the standard for judging all podcasts.

Jake Meadorthe vocation of writingWriting

Bill Simmons, ESPN, and the New Writing Economy

The firing of Bill Simmons by ESPN provides further proof that capital has transformed the work of online writers into little more than marketing.

Jake MeadorTelevisionEconomics and BusinessTechnologyWriting

3 Thoughts on Kindle Unlimited

Amazon recently launched Kindle Unlimited, a Netflix-for-books service. The launch prompts 2 questions: Will it work? How will it change the way we read?