Charlie Morrigan

20-Somethings, According To ‘The New Yorker’

The more one speaks the ironic, post-ironic polyglot of internet-speak, the more one forms internet friendships that feel like “real” ones, the more one’s internet persona takes on a life of its won, the more any stable identity is complicated, let alone career path.

What Is Bad Writing?

Why do so many people want to write when people are statistically reading less, “all the good books have already been written,” literature is a marginalized artform, etc?

It’s OK To Write About Yourself

It is ludicrous to approach writing honestly (and thus, unflatteringly) about the self as if it were the same thing regardless of context and genre of writing.