Joseph Lapin.
Reader Poll

“Any smart 19 year old with access to a public library has heard enough jazz and can die now.”

— an editor at Spin, on Twitter, about a list I wrote in 2012

Has anyone ever called your work slop, trash, or chaff — to your face or in your feed?

Marking your spot in the crowd…

Results land in Sunday’s essay.

✶ Where readers stand
Yes, and it stung.
Yes, and I kept going anyway.
Not yet.
I’ve been the one saying it.

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