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Embodied Narration: When Thought Collides With Flesh
To write fiction is to lend the reader a body.
May 3 • Matt Wilven

April 2026

The Ghost of the Author in Fiction
When you finish reading a novel, you have met someone.
Apr 26 • Matt Wilven
Why I Stopped Being Afraid of Non-Fiction
The earliest things I wrote were lyrics.
Apr 19 • Matt Wilven
Where the Meaning Lives
The word, the self, and the machine
Apr 5 • Matt Wilven

March 2026

The Sphere
What the Earth Refuses | 2 of 10
Mar 29 • Matt Wilven
Maps Without Territory
We built minds out of signs
Mar 22 • Matt Wilven
The Knock-Through
What the Earth Refuses | 1 of 10
Mar 15 • Matt Wilven
I Bought a Mac Mini to Build a Digital Creature
It was brain damaged before it opened its mouth
Mar 8 • Matt Wilven
Show Home is going offline
If you read the first 15 chapters of Show Home, thank you.
Mar 1 • Matt Wilven

January 2026

The New Priesthood
Exegesis and the Silicon Soul
Jan 25 • Matt Wilven
The Silicon Metabolism
Why artificial intelligence scales like a civilisation, not software
Jan 18 • Matt Wilven
AI's Cultural Battlefield
Art, consent, and power in the age of probability
Jan 11 • Matt Wilven
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