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Serious Popular Fiction

Notes towards a revival

Jul 11, 2022 •

On Writing to be Read Aloud

Should the text be changed to suit the medium?

May 5 •

The Real Reasons Speech Should Be Free

The arguments from pain trump the arguments from principle

Apr 27 •

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No, You Can't Learn History From Historical Fiction

Jan 31, 2022 • G. M. Baker

The Rise of Worldbuilding and the Decline of Literature

Oct 1, 2022 • G. M. Baker

The Grisly Ghosts of Gruesome Time – Chapter 2

Jun 2, 2022 • G. M. Baker

On The Particularity of Death, Life, and Fiction

Feb 14 • G. M. Baker

The Wistful and the Good, Chapter 1

Nov 27, 2021 • G. M. Baker

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Trying My Hand at YouTube

People keep telling me I have a voice for narration. I’m no judge, so I’ll leave it to you. Here are three YouTube videos I have made recently. These…

Apr 12 •

Is Romeo and Juliet a YA romance?

And other mysteries of book classification

Apr 3 •

We Are At War With Metaphor

I stumbled upon this piece of silliness on LinkedIn, the home of much earnest Internet silliness. (Even the Guardian, which never met a bleeding heart…

Mar 20 •

On The Particularity of Death, Life, and Fiction

My sister died two weeks ago. We have just returned home from her funeral. In October, she began to feel tired. By January, she was dead of an…

Feb 14 •

Why Does Contemporary Fiction Not Seem Real to Me?

Reflections on beginning to read Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

Jan 28 •

Announcing The Needle of Avocation

Free sample chapter

Jan 14 •

The Half-life of Allusions

There is a somewhat odd-sounding line in Dr. No: Major Boothroyd : [to Bond] Walther PPK, 7.65 millimeter, with a delivery like a brick through a…

Dec 28, 2022 •

Stories All the Way Down by G. M. Baker

Stories All the Way Down by G. M. Baker

Exploring the serious popular novel in theory and practice.

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