Mattie Lubchansky

Jan 16, 2024 | itsonlyzach.substack.com | Gerardo Sámano Córdova |Alison Rumfitt |Mattie Lubchansky |Zach Wilcha

I don’t watch horror movies. I don’t mind the occasional psychological thriller or suspense tale, but like the Supreme Court in 2000, I draw my personal line at gore. I wish I liked them! My friends seem to derive great joy from horror movies. I stopped the Scream franchise after the second installment, but many gay people have developed entire personalities around it. I trace my aversion to gory horror back to my childhood and two specific facts: 1. my family owned a funeral home and 2.

Dec 6, 2023 | tournamentofbooks.com | Julia Langbein |Jen Beagin |Justin Torres |Mattie Lubchansky

Coming March 6, 2024: the 20th year of the Tournament of Books. Which sure is a long time to do anything, much less trying—year after year, in vain—to convince 19 authors (and counting) to accept a live chicken as their trophy for winning this competition of ours. But the prize isn’t the point. Neither, really, is the Tournament, which began as a joke, evolved into a tradition, and has become—thanks to you—a month-long hotbed of vibrant literary discussion.

Nov 8, 2023 | discourseblog.com | Jack Crosbie |Mattie Lubchansky

Here is a quick prompt for you. An intellectual exercise, if you will. I am going to link to an image of an editorial cartoon that was published today in the Washington Post. I cannot place it directly in this blog because of copyright issues, and also because I think it is despicable and I don’t particularly want it on our website. That is how I feel about it; I would like you to consider how you feel. Here is the image. What do we think? Is this incisive political commentary?

Aug 30, 2023 | thenib.com | Mattie Lubchansky

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Aug 23, 2023 | thenib.com | Mattie Lubchansky

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