Gatherings like this will help rebuild the life of the mind in NY. It’s exciting to see the next chapter of intellectual life in the city being written - and I’m looking forward to contributing ;)
Parties are fine, print editions are nice, but you know what'd be really cool? Met Review-branded T-shirts, coffee mugs, and beer glasses. You can wear 'em, you can use 'em, and you can buy 'em for friends and relatives.
While we are not subscribed to each other, and I know it's after the fact to write this comment here, I was fascinated by your Pet Sounds treatment and read it with relish (and will comment on it over there). This piece resonates as well - we're in something of a contradictory time when the opportunities to get your work out there are unprecedented, yet correlated to an equal and opposite direction of diminishing returns monetarily. I'm a cartoonist who's gotten some traction here on Substack, to a degree I hadn't in my previous efforts to get it noticed, but who probably still wouldn't be regarded as ready for prime time by the folks over at GoComics. (If the truth be told, I haven't slung any work their way - I'm still hesitant enough not to like rejection to try, though that's probably the perfect reason all the more to try.) I'm still not giving up, however.
In that sense, this resonated with me because at a time when literary creativity is at the mercy of new gatekeepers of sorts, such as algorithms and AI, and the growing monopolization of big publishers, the ferment of creativity is out there, and it's alive and kicking. Substack really has been the best thing for me, and I know some others as well, to get the work out there.
But there is something to be said for face-to-face engagement of ideas, review, and yes, networking, where the freshness of views is right there, and with the right people, can allow some to let their guard down. This wingding looked like it had wings!
very cool what you guys are doing
It was an excellent shindig!
Gatherings like this will help rebuild the life of the mind in NY. It’s exciting to see the next chapter of intellectual life in the city being written - and I’m looking forward to contributing ;)
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/11247/new-york-intellect-by-thomas-bender/
Thank you--and everyone at TMR--for your service!
Parties are fine, print editions are nice, but you know what'd be really cool? Met Review-branded T-shirts, coffee mugs, and beer glasses. You can wear 'em, you can use 'em, and you can buy 'em for friends and relatives.
Agree!
You should be very proud of TMR’s success! It filled a gap and I’ve been admiring it.
Thank you John!
So thrilled to be connected with TMR! Moving back stateside in June, will try to show up more thereafter.
While we are not subscribed to each other, and I know it's after the fact to write this comment here, I was fascinated by your Pet Sounds treatment and read it with relish (and will comment on it over there). This piece resonates as well - we're in something of a contradictory time when the opportunities to get your work out there are unprecedented, yet correlated to an equal and opposite direction of diminishing returns monetarily. I'm a cartoonist who's gotten some traction here on Substack, to a degree I hadn't in my previous efforts to get it noticed, but who probably still wouldn't be regarded as ready for prime time by the folks over at GoComics. (If the truth be told, I haven't slung any work their way - I'm still hesitant enough not to like rejection to try, though that's probably the perfect reason all the more to try.) I'm still not giving up, however.
In that sense, this resonated with me because at a time when literary creativity is at the mercy of new gatekeepers of sorts, such as algorithms and AI, and the growing monopolization of big publishers, the ferment of creativity is out there, and it's alive and kicking. Substack really has been the best thing for me, and I know some others as well, to get the work out there.
But there is something to be said for face-to-face engagement of ideas, review, and yes, networking, where the freshness of views is right there, and with the right people, can allow some to let their guard down. This wingding looked like it had wings!