Spoken like a true pseudo-bohemian trust-fund dilettante, an archetype as old as dynastic wealth.
—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 Jan. 2026
From Senior Editor Jessie Gaynor, who highlighted not one Tweet, but an entire body of work from one of the best to ever do it:
A thorough accounting of Joyce Carol Oates’ viral tweets is a task better suited to her extremely lucky future biographer than to a dilettante like me.
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