Murder Freestylist

I’d Like To Report A Murder

Hannah Baer, Lauren Oyler & Brandon Taylor | Pioneer Works | 23rd April 2025 | U

The literary takedown is "having a renaissance", supposedly, and this conversation between two critics well known for their splashy, negative reviews is both tense and illuminating. Neither holds back. Some interesting advice emerges, applicable beyond the literary sphere, such as "It’s fine to make enemies, but make sure they’re the right ones" and "Let people hate in peace" (3,600 words)

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The Freestylist

Florian Pütz | Der Spiegel | 17th April 2025 | U

Career retrospective for chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, aged 34. He has been World Chess Champion five times. Only Garry Kasparov has spent longer as the world's highest-ranked chess player. Yet Carlsen seems to be bored of classical chess. He pours his energy into online play and a new Freestyle format in which the starting position is randomly selected from 960 different possibilities (3,900 words)