Stephen Marche

Yesterday I had the great pleasure of doing an author visit to the Warkworth prison book club. Easily the most informed, thoughtful and considered discussion of The Next Civil War I have had with any book club. Insert joke about captive audience here.

The 18th @shortyawards' Audience Honor Voting ends tomorrow. Gloves Off is Nominated for best News & Politics Podcast. Cast your vote here: shortyawards.com/vote/

This is probably the most incredible baseball photo I've ever seen.

@Andrew_VanBC It's not right, is it? I mean, there have to be some limits

@StephenMarche That clue is a hate crime.

Crossword puzzle fans: Do you think a clue with the solution "psittacine" is proper? I thought the deal was that crossword solutions, even if technical, would be accessible to a generally educated person. "Psittacine" (of the parrot family) seems over the line to me. Thoughts?

'American exceptionalism is dying very rapidly.' Author @StephenMarche tells @mattfrei that the US is showing signs of a country that's 'heading towards collapse'.

I wrote about the task of the writer in the age of AI. Cue the outrage. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Jewish life in Canada may have “forever changed,” @JesseBrown argues. “I can no longer take for granted that people like me are represented in Canada’s hospitals, schools, newsrooms, and legislatures.” theatlantic.com/international/…

You’ve seen him on the news lately, commenting on current events. For #TBT, we’re offering Stephen Marche and his inspiration for scribblers, On Writing and Failure. More on the podcast here: tinyurl.com/mtt3zc3e 💙 📚 #booktok #booktube #booksofinstagram #writingadvice

This week I am off to Sweden for the launch of my AI art project, "An Infinite Prayer for Peace." (More on that later.) Lovely to see The New York Times shout out the work before it launches.

It’s unsettling how close we seem to be to the world of @AndrewYang & @StephenMarche’s novel “The Last Election.” Election reform is so critical, to limit the power of the fringe(s). It’s not enough, but it’s critical.

One thing that's been pretty definitively established over the past quarter century of Middle Eastern history is that, once you kill the bad guys, everything works itself out.

I guess it's too much to ask for wars to have a purpose anymore.

This came up on my feed for some reason. Jacob Rees Mogg: The man who couldn't have been wronger. About everything.

This @WSJ story about American emigration is bananas. wsj.com/us-news/americ…

Bildmuseet, the contemporary art museum in Umea, Sweden, has commissioned my first AI art piece: An Infinite Prayer for Peace, which launches March 13. It’s part of their show “AI and the Paradox of Agency.” Excited to share soon.

That curling game was epic. Didn't think I would ever write those words, but here we are.

This is the point we made in Gloves Off: If you are making a deal with the United States now, what are you making a deal with?

GP From a NYT letter to the editor today: "To the Editor: Re “The Globalization of Canadian Rage,” by Stephen Marche (Opinion guest essay, Feb. 9): In reading this essay, I recalled an encounter my wife and I had while visiting Toronto in May 2017, in the early months of President Trump’s first term. We were having our usual morning coffee in a Starbucks when we read the paper and were horrified by something Mr. Trump had reportedly said. They were also aghast at the callous and racist rhetoric of our president. In offering their sympathies, they shared something illuminating and refreshing — that the worst thing a Canadian could do was to say something racist to another person. My wife and I looked at each other and at that moment wished we were Canadian. Toby Bernstein Tucson, Ariz."

Personally I think this is the best thing @nbcsnl ever did.