Living as Creatures

Living as Creatures

The Good Will Hunting of Novelists

Jordan Castro, Muscle Man, and Fiction’s Place in The Discourse

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Ben Christenson
Jan 06, 2026
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WILL

Is that your thing? You come into a bar, you read some obscure passage, and then pretend you, you…pawn it off as your own…as your own idea just to impress some girls? Embarrass my friend? See, the sad thing about a guy like you is in fifty years you’re gonna start doing some thinkin’ on your own, and you’re gonna’ come up with …

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