Selected Tweets

About this book

Literary Nonfiction. Art. Fiction. Poetry. SELECTED TWEETS by Mira Gonzalez and Tao Lin dating from 2008 to 2014 as well as extras such as illustrations of each others tweets short stories essays and a long poem. SHEILA HETI: How do you imagine people read Twitter? TAO LIN: On their phones I think mostly. I think Ive read the most Twitter while laying in bed or on my back or just laying in places like in parks or in airports. Maybe not the most but a lot. Ive dropped my phone on my face many times. I think other people must too but I rarely hear about this. SHEILA HETI: What do you think about before you tweet? You once told me that you tweet what makes you feel uncomfortable. So which tweets do you reject which do you accept? MIRA GONZALEZ: I wouldnt necessarily say that I tweet what makes me feel uncomfortable I think its more that I feel comfortable tweeting things that I would never feel comfortable saying in a real life conversation or even in other places on the internet. For reasons that I dont fully understand Twitter is a place where I dont feel ashamed to say my most shameful thoughts... (From "What Would Twitter Do " Tao Lin and Mira Gonzalez interviewed by Sheila Heti)