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The grifter and the useful idiot
On the involuntary amplification of reactionary ideas
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Fernando Sdrigotti
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The Substack trap
And how to avoid it
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Fernando Sdrigotti
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Scatterbrain: a letter from the content mines
When it rain it pours; reading Pedro Lemebel in English; swanning around London
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Fernando Sdrigotti
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The sadness of the published author
It's capitalism, stupid
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Fernando Sdrigotti
1
On not writing (and on writing too)
Advice for the young at heart
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Fernando Sdrigotti
3
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Make self-publishing great again
 • Fernando Sdrigotti
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Writing oneself onto a page
 • Fernando Sdrigotti
3
The sadness of the published author
 • Fernando Sdrigotti
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Writerly bravery and publishing hype
 • Fernando Sdrigotti
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Scatterbrain: a letter from somewhere in the British countryside
The imperative to write I’ve only managed to start writing this week’s column on Friday 29th at 2pm. That is considerably late for my writing schedule…
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Fernando Sdrigotti
Literary professionals and other mythical creatures
Hustling and the joys of amateurism
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Fernando Sdrigotti
2
Scatterbrain: a spring letter
London Book Fair; horses; general elections; I quit writing; a mixtape for you
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Fernando Sdrigotti
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To beat the empty page
Writer's block; César Aira's "flight forward"; chance
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Fernando Sdrigotti
All these fucking books
A love and hate affair
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Fernando Sdrigotti
7
Scatterbrain: a letter from Knee-Jerk Land
The problem of state-funded art; how photography killed painting (it didn’t); among other disaggregated reflections
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Fernando Sdrigotti
1
Computer says no
Faceless capitalism and the normalisation of algorithmic culture
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Fernando Sdrigotti
2
Scatterbrain: a letter from Pantomime Kingdom
Royal banality of literature; the King’s health, dystopian silver linings
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Fernando Sdrigotti
12
Inside looking in
Memoirs and centripetal writing
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Fernando Sdrigotti
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The Leftovers
The Leftovers
a footnoted celebration of assorted (counter)cultural detritus
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