#jacob lambert

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That face when your friend who isn’t a writer asks you to read a draft of the book they wrote.

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“His hair, if one might call it that, had an aspect of spun sugar, though it did not appetize.”

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I gazed at the fool before us, and thought with sadness of Presidents past. George Washington, John Adams. It could not be helped.

Trump in the Bardo

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When he told me he’d finished it, I was like, 'Hey man, great, that’s awesome.' But the whole time, I was like, Fuck, please don’t ask me to read it.

A Guy Who Wants His Friends to Read the Book He Wrote: An Oral History

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Could he be… the President? Mr. Vollman said, utterly incredulous. After an uneasy period — the only sounds the water rushing through the creek and the incomprehensible murmurs of our visitor — I replied, with equal incredulity, that it must be so.

Trump in the Bardo

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Trump in the Bardo - The Millions

Mr. Vollman said, If that man is the President, I believe I would prefer to stay on here. To remain within my sick-box, apart from the other place.

So so wonderful.

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Do you ever watch TV and think, “Hm, there are a lot of men here”? McSweeney’s offers executive notes on TV shows that are skewed “too male.” Our own Jacob Lambert writes on TV that’s a little too real.

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A new story from Beatrix Potter will be published this September. A publisher discovered the almost-finished story, which features a cat in boots named Miss Catherine St Quintin, at the Victoria and Albert Museum archives. For a humorous take on modern children’s books, check out our own Jacob Lambert’s series Are Picture Books Leading Our Children Astray?