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ListFeb 5, 2026

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@steffyTaipei

ListJun 22, 2025

contemporary lit

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@loserTaipei

ReviewMay 11, 2025

i expected to like this. running hypothesis: the longer a tao lin text is, the worse it will be. 'love is a thing on sale for more money than there exists' is my favourite thing he's written, and one of my favourite short stories in general. richard yates — a…

@decubitalTaipei

ReviewJul 14, 2024

I am not Tao Lin

4.5/5 - not for everyone but I liked it I got this book at sixteen. I did not understand it. Years later, I began doing recreational drugs. Only then did it finally click for me that Tao's writing was a way to mirror the experience of being high. It's a 248-p…

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I am not Tao Lin