Craig Smith
@craigmsmith.bsky.social
a grumpy melange of personality defects who gets paid to make people's writing better; or, failing that, to not make it appreciably worse.
Joyce Carol Oates pointing out that he lives a joyless existence continues to eat at him. "I enjoy sustenance as much as the next person, Joyce," he sobbed, as he shoved mouthful after mouthful into his tear-stained gob.
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Joyce Carol Oates pointing out that he lives a joyless existence continues to eat at him. "I enjoy sustenance as much as the next person, Joyce," he sobbed, as he shoved mouthful after mouthful into his tear-stained gob.
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It's Chinese Don Quixote in 1930s Shanghai! What happens when a gullible dupe reads too much kungfu fiction and decides he can save the nation? The Pidgin Warrior by Zhang Tianyi is what happens. I was lucky enough to translate it.
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The Pidgin Warrior
Check out The Pidgin Warrior - <p>In the 1930s, wartime Shanghai is a cosmopolitan metropolis where conmen and dance-hall girls mingle with refugees streaming in from the occupied areas.<br /> <br /> ...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It's Chinese Don Quixote in 1930s Shanghai! What happens when a gullible dupe reads too much kungfu fiction and decides he can save the nation? The Pidgin Warrior by Zhang Tianyi is what happens. I was lucky enough to translate it.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
"a less charming George Santos" is stone cold rhetorical murder.
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"a less charming George Santos" is stone cold rhetorical murder.