HeyJaredThe Slush Pile
A newsletter with the words no one wanted to read but that I still want to say.
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Dear Writers — Enough With Your Shitty, Soulless AI Art (opens the original)
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Beware ye who enter into Issue 63 of The Slush Pile, for we are talking all about AI, and specifically generative AI like ChatGPT and Claude. Unlike other types of AI, genAI tools work by using billions of pieces of data from human-made works, including artworks, photography, and writing, to “create” something in response to what the user’s prompt is asking for, most, if not all, of which have been generated without the consent or knowledge of the artists, authors, and creators. Essentially, ste
My First Macondo Writers Workshop Experience: A Recap! ✏️✨ (opens the original)
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Since the last time I wrote Issue 62 of the Slush Pile, a lot has been going on in my small corner of the world. My best friend and frequent collaborator Celeste Alyssa Gomez and I have been chipping our way through an incredibly exciting project coming out this fall, I finished the third draft of a picture book manuscript and received feedback, I taught two creative writing workshops for middle and high schoolers in Boyle Heights and Pasadena, and, perhaps most excitingly, I experienced my firs
No Human Being is Unworthy: A Reckoning of ICE in the Time of Grief 🧊 (opens the original)
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On the day that I write Issue 62 of The Slush Pile, it’s been five days since Mexican immigrant, father, and business owner Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by ICE agents in Houston, Texas. Four days since local community members hosted a vigil in Houston, which grew to over 1,000 people who wanted to protest the murder. Because, if I can be straightforward with y’all, we must call it what it is. It’s not just a shooting. It’s certainly not just yet another casu
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