Lincoln Michel
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Lincoln Michel is an American fiction writer, critic and editor.
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6 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 1982; grew up near Charlottesville, Virginia (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: MFA in writing, Columbia University (opens wiqqi.app)
- Books: Upright Beasts (2015); The Body Scout (2021); Metallic Realms (2025) (opens wiqqi.app)
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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x.com: @TheLincoln (opens x.com)
“She really does sound like she didn't think this through at all. In this very clip she says elected Republicans just care about making Trump a dictator... and that's why you endorse electing a Republican?”
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Newsletter: Counter Craft (opens countercraft.substack.com)
“Three Great Recent Gothic Novels You May Not Have Read”
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x.com: @TheLincoln (opens x.com)
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13 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Publishing industry claims to predict how trends will play out, but such predictions are unreliable. (opens korrents.com)
“Publishers want to have people believe they know exactly how and when things will shake out, but you just never know.”
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Writing about the American Southwest without acknowledging drought, rising temperatures, and pollution is intellectually dishonest. (opens korrents.com)
“Perhaps this is a bold claim, but I think anyone writing about or from the southwest who isn't also in some way clocking how drought and rising temperatures and pollution are affecting the region is being disingenuous.”
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Reading a book is fundamentally a solitary experience, unlike watching a film or TV show in a group. (opens korrents.com)
“But books, while you can discuss them with a group and relive them that way, are still a solitary endeavor that takes time to digest and feel.”
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Publishing industry claims to predict how trends will play out, but such predictions are unreliable. (opens korrents.com)
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21 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Moby-Dick (opens rcmnd.app)
“Moby-Dick remains perhaps the best reading experience of my life.”
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The Art of Asking Your Boss for a Raise (opens rcmnd.app)
“The Art of Asking is a delightful and quick read. Only 80 pages in fact.”
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Exercises in Style (opens rcmnd.app)
“Oulipo's co-founder Raymond Queneau has a book to include here called Exercises in Style (trans. by Barbara Wright), which retells an intentionally banal story 99 times.”
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Moby-Dick (opens rcmnd.app)