Adam Morgan

When I say “hell yeah,” this is what I’m referring to

Obama Presidential Center Will Open On Juneteenth, Former President Says The long-awaited center in Jackson Park will have a dedication ceremony June 18 followed by its opening to the public on Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the end of slavery in America.

is this the prison camp in andor

Riven Feature – Remaking a Masterpiece The creators of Riven are reimagining their ’90s adventure game classic – but bigger and better

Not a waste at all. Try the 2025 remake, it rocks. gameinformer.com/feature/2024...

A new book unearths the influence of Margaret C. Anderson, early champion of literary greats Through her iconoclastic magazine "The Little Review," the queer, first-wave feminist introduced American readers to Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot and the great Irish modernist James Joyce.

“She knew that great art required taking big risks."

Huge thanks to the Chicago Sun-Times and Stefano Esposito for speaking with me about A DANGER TO THE MINDS OF YOUNG GIRLS. chicago.suntimes.com/books/2026/0...

always make me laugh

this is how I access bluesky

Thanks for sharing!

Text from Gayle Feldman’s biography of Bennett Cerf: On June 2, 1947, Life ran a long feature headlined "Young U.S. Writers—A Refreshing Group of Newcomers on the Literary Scene Is Ready to Tackle Almost Anything." War was over; who would take up the mantle of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and go one better? Life piqued readers' curiosity with photos of those it was betting on. The vote for "most brilliant" of the new fictionists went to two: Jean Stafford— who'd already been compared to Proust and was Mrs. Robert Lowell-and Thomas Heggen, whose critical and bestselling success Mister Roberts would later be adapted for stage and screen. Names like Norman Mailer, J. D. Salinger, and Saul Bellow were not yet lighting up the horizon, although Bellow had published his first novel during the war. Instead, the magazine pointed to Calder Willingham, Elizabeth Fenwick, Peggy Goodin, Ann Chidester, Peggy Bennett, Gore Vidal, and husband-and-wife Nancy and Benedict Freedman —who, with the exception of Vidal, have faded into obscurity.

We are almost always wrong in the moment.

A LEGO set box features a model of the Maersk container ship&10;

Finally a Lego set for shipping sickos.

hell yeah becca rothfeld afeteworsethandeath.substack.com/p/you-dont-h...

"Look on my Works, ye Mighty, through crosshairs!" Bungie's 'Marathon,' Shelley's 'Ozymandias,' and the doomed hubris of capitalism.

"The worldbuilding is fascinating. The combat is thrilling. But where MARATHON really excels is its corporate satire."

For The Frontlist, I got an early look at the new sci-fi extraction shooter out today, March 5, from @bungie.net. www.thefrontlist.org/p/look-on-my...

1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

Burnt Norton is so good.

If you're a book editor, agent, or freelance critic who is available to participate in our soon-to-be-launched manuscript critique program (coming this summer), please shoot me an email or dm! (you don't need to be in the south)

author's ouevre = hyperobject
author over time = hyperpersona 😂

This great dashboard from @randomwalker.bsky.social, @sayash.bsky.social & @stvrb.bsky.social shows that the models behind popular chatbots have gotten only barely more reliable (which could explain why people and businesses aren't getting much value from them?).

hal.cs.princeton.edu/reliability

Personally, the biggest obstacle to book criticism (in addition to the loss of review outlets) is that I only want to read weird little books these days — and occasionally, weird big books.

When I like them, few outlets will care. When I dislike them, I don't have the heart to tell anybody.

The Little Magazine That Defied American Censorship Margaret Anderson’s “Little Review” fought to bring the great works of modernist literature to the United States.

Loved @sdgorton.bsky.social's piece on Margaret C. Anderson this morning! newrepublic.com/article/2057...

These are the same people who "have" to be on work calls at the airport / on the plane / in the cab.

The Little Magazine That Defied American Censorship Margaret Anderson’s “Little Review” fought to bring the great works of modernist literature to the United States.

Huge thanks to Stephanie Gorton for this insightful look at A DANGER TO THE MINDS OF YOUNG GIRLS for The New Republic. newrepublic.com/article/2057...

I thanked him for that quote as soon as he finished the sentence.

It depends on how we qualify "full-time book critic," as I think the Atlantic folks do more editing than writing? I could be wrong.

Wow just the 3 at the NYT then!

To my knowledge it's 4 now, Sam plus the 3 at the NYT.

She would have to be capable of shame for this to "sting."

NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:

Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”

The Radical Publisher Who Helped Modernism Reach an Audience with a Magazine Started in Chicago Margaret C. Anderson was censored by the U.S. government for publishing Ulysses but helped modernists like James Joyce and T.S. Eliot find an audience through her Chicago-founded magazine, as a new bo...

"She’s a great reminder that to make good art, you have to take big risks.”

Huge thanks to PBS Chicago for chatting with me about A DANGER TO THE MINDS OF YOUNG GIRLS. www.wttw.com/playlist/202...

Holy hell, LARB.

Selected Works Features The Paris Review, When Frank Lloyd Wright Designed a Bookstore Esquire, To Hell and Back: Inside the Tumultuous Making of Diablo IV Esquire, The Dark Truth Behind the Best Year in Video Ga…

Editors, I would like to write about books, games, and culture more broadly this year as a freelancer (features, profiles, you name it). Here are some clips. Hit me up! adam-stephen-morgan.com/selectedworks/