Get Literate
Nye CanhamA newsletter about the craft of fiction, the work of writing, the process of reading and getting an MFA at Bennington College.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 67 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 12 days ago |
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Panic! at the Disco with the Bateman brothers
i’m so happy to be done with this goddamned essay
I’m back after a short hiatus with an essay about how Bret Easton Ellis constructs point-of-view in the early sections of his novels and what it looks like when his point-of-view characters...
Trend Chasing: ‘The Pitt’ is an afterschool special; Anti-AI terrorism.
Woke medicine is good medicine. Finding the antithesis of the tech thesis.
I re-read Nevil Shute’s On The Beach this last week. I first picked it up as a terminally depressed 17 year old, the same summer I read Julian (Gore Vidal), The End...
Don DeLillo’s “Mao II,” and personal doldrums
I lost all my pictures of Beijing a few years ago, so I stole one from wikimedia commons.
Sometimes, maybe a lot of the time, there’s not really anything to say. It is hot here in Washington, and the city’s design means there is no shade f...
Iranian victory? Also, Imitating Bret Easton Ellis’ ‘The Rules of Attraction’
Why is Hegseth wearing peaked lapels on a single breasted suit? Why is it such a hideous shade of blue?
After parodying Lorrie Moore and Thomas Pynchon for schoolwork, I’ve decided to do Bret Easton Ellis. The reasons for this are twofold:...
Trend Chasing: Clutch (2026), Habsburg America, AI Jesus
Contemporary Novels, contemporary Emperors, contemporary Saviors.
It’s time for Get Literate’s monthly roundup of recent cultural trends/events. Today we’ve got a book review and two big riffs. As always, you get the first one free, plus a...
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