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A Car Hit My Bike

A Short Story About a Couple

Published on The Metropolitan Review • Feb 8

Feral Pig Update

My year in feral pigs, with cameos by Nini and rooster.

Dec 24, 2025 • Tao Lin

I talked about reincarnation for 64 minutes.

Nov 4, 2025 • Tao Lin

1:04:02

Shoplifting from American Apparel (2009)

Full text of my ~18,000-word novella.

Sep 21, 2025 • Tao Lin

"Nini," a ~9000-word essay on my cat Nini

in Harper's Magazine.

Aug 20, 2025 • Tao Lin

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Aug 11, 2024 • Tao Lin

Shoplifting from American Apparel (2009)

Sep 21, 2025 • Tao Lin

What I Do Each Day

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