I sat down down with Hansen Shi, author of the excellent The Expat, to discuss contemporary novels, AI, short form video content, the stock market, tariffs, fractionalized burritos, and more. Buy Hansen’s book!

Filmed a little while ago at Pubkey studios. Hope you enjoy.

PS: A lot has been going on lately. I should have announcements soon about the MRB and about another big project. My own novel, Stop All the Clocks, which Library Journal recently called “a Neuromancer for the 21st century,” comes out June 3rd. On June 4th I’ll be talking about it with the lovely Carrigan Miller at Unnameable Books. Free to the public. Come on by if you’re in town. Here’s the flier below.

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