Slop-pocalypse now! Oh yes, folks, the AI nonsense continues to accelerate and Drew has some feelings about it and why you (yes you!) should also be a stick in the mud about it. Then, Sara Yasin joins James Folta to talk about launching The Key, the new lit magazine produced by the Palestine Festival of Literature. Calvin Kasulke also drops by to chat with Drew about Lit Hub's post-Pamela-Paul-corrective of thirteen book reviews that should have run at the NYTBR during the noted transphobe's tenure. To close it out, Casey Scieszka (author of The Fountain) reads her essay "When the Fountain Runs Dry" and Oliver Scialdone recommends diving into Filthy Loot Press.

IN THIS EP:

* "Horror Novel "Shy Girl" Cancelled Over Suspected AI Use"

* "The People Getting Falsely Accused of Using AI"

* The Key

* "What Was Lost: A Queer Accounting of the New York Times Book Review, 2013-2022"

* "Good-bye Pamela Paul"

* "When the Fountain Runs Dry: On Aging, Immortality, and the Illusion of Everlasting Youth"

* Filthy Loot Press

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