Tao Lin
Tao Lin
Tao Linis an American novelist, poet, essayist, short-story writer, and artist. He has published three novels, two books of poetry, one short story collection, and one novella in print as well as an extensive assortment of online content. His third novel, Taipei, was published by Vintage on June 4, 2013...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth2 July 1983
CityAlexandria, VA
CountryUnited States of America
strong average world
On average, since the urge to kill myself isn't so strong that I actually kill myself, the world is worth living in.
doe social helmet
does a society exist where it's become acceptable to wear 'helmets' enclosing one's entire head when in public to preempt social interaction
writing thinking views
If a context and a goal is defined I could say if it's good or bad. But overall I don't view things as good or bad. So I'm like a robot or computer in that sense. So maybe that's why people don't think they know me when they read my writing.
world kind term
Novels–and memoirs–are perhaps the most comprehensive reports humans can deliver, of their private experiences, to other humans. In these terms there is only one kind of novel: a human attempt to transfer or convey some part or version of their world of noumenon to another’s world of noumenon.
skulls people effort
You were one person alive and your brain was encased in a skull. There were other people out there. It took effort to be connected.
girl children two
As a child, she’d always had what she imagined were fascinating thoughts, but didn’t ever say them. Once, as a little girl, at recess, she thought that if she ran very fast at a pole and then caught it and swung quickly around, part of her would keep going, and she would become two girls.
horse thinking views
I feel connected with people because of their sense of humor, worldview, and what they think and feel about certain existential issues (things not affected, in my view, by if someone rides a horse or drives a car or talks only IRL or only by typing), not how old they are, what they use to convey what they think and feel about certain existential issues, or if we have both watched the same TV shows or looked at the same websites.
moose aliens sometimes
Sometimes an alien would stand with a moose, not because of solidarity, but because of accidentally doing it.
mean rooms looks
Do you sometimes look up from the computer and look around the room and know you are alone, I mean really know it, then feel scared ?
belief human-life humans
Patriotism is the belief that not all human lives are worth the same.