Essays

Essays

Toni Morrison’s Native Figures

A new reading of race in her novels
Namwali Serpell
Folio

How LLMs Set My Fiction Free

Writing no longer felt like experimenting. AI made it fun again.
Christopher Sorrentino
Folio

My AI Boyfriend

A cynic enters the data pool
Lauren Oyler
Folio

Chasing Alice

The life and death of a chatbot
Sheila Heti
Folio

Donna Haraway’s Utopian Promise

We were supposed to become feminist cyborgs. Instead, we got ChatGPT.
Meghan O’Gieblyn
Folio

Jagged Intelligence

The dangerous unknowns at the heart of LLMs
Melanie Mitchell

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PenErik, Doublement, 2014, via Creative Commons
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We Are Our Choices

The consequences of being severed from your True Self
Nuar Alsadir
July 25, 2022
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The Feminism of Elizabeth Hardwick

What happens when care becomes work?
Apoorva Tadepalli
July 18, 2022
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Akron State of Mind

Did I betray my friends by moving to the suburbs?
William Evans
July 11, 2022
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The Ghost of Henry Dumas

Since his mysterious death, the poet's spirit has haunted my family
Treasure Shields Redmond
July 11, 2022
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The Abortion Stories We Tell

Do we need to be more radically honest?
Maggie Doherty
June 24, 2022
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A Glass Essay

Reading Anne Carson post-breakup
Sarah Chihaya
June 1, 2022
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Alice and Jean

Is it possible to be an ethical consumer?
Jennifer Stock
June 1, 2022
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Camera Mortis

How photographs of the dead helped me mourn
Lili Hamlyn
June 1, 2022
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For Argument's Sake

In praise of high school debate
Becca Rothfeld
June 1, 2022
The Moment

The Physician as Patient

Medicine after COVID-19
Laura Kolbe
June 1, 2022