“In the long run, every writer is misunderstood”
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In this edition of the Weekender: a new pope, seeking the perfect West Village girl, and the lies we tell our kids
This week, we’re discussing the new pope, searching for the embodiment of an archetype, and making a spring lasagna. LITERATURE Adam Mastroianni turns to writers and thinkers throughout history in this essay considering the art, hassle, and value of writing in the age of AI. —Adam Mastroianni in Experimental History 1. Here’s a fact I find hilarious: we only know about several early Christian heresies because we have records of people complaining about them. The original heretics’ writings, if they ever existed, have been lost. I think about this whenever I am about to commit my…
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