@Chris_Byrd

I’ve cashed checks from The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The New York Review of Books

 Brooklyn, NY
Joined March 2009
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“In the work of [Mathias Énard], one comes to expect certain things: historical details, geopolitical thinking, elevated, sometimes baroque prose, intoxicants, violence, voluptuous solitude, troubled personal affairs, and a manifold sensuality.”
The New York Review of Books
@nybooksMay 29
Christopher Byrd (@Chris_Byrd) on Mathias Énard’s dizzyingly beautiful novels go.nybooks.com/4uBSyNA

The Other in the Mirror | Christopher Byrd

In Mathias Énard’s many novels, encounters between cultures can lead to transformation—and peril.

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Tomorrow: albertine.com/events/an-even…

ALBERTINE | An Evening with Mathias Énard and Christopher Byrd

On Thursday, October 15, join novelist Mathias Énard as he will be in conversation with Christopher Byrd to present his book Perfecting the Shot (La Perfection du tir, Actes Sud, 2003; trans. by...

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New Directions@NewDirectionsOct 5
10/15 at 6pm: Mathias Énard in conversation with Christopher Byrd at Villa Albertine, NYC @Chris_Byrd @villa_albertine albertine.com/events/an-even…

ALBERTINE | An Evening with Mathias Énard and Christopher Byrd

On Thursday, October 15, join novelist Mathias Énard as he will be in conversation with Christopher Byrd to present his book Perfecting the Shot (La Perfection du tir, Actes Sud, 2003; trans. by...

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Emmanuel Macron
@EmmanuelMacronSep 7
Parce que les jeux vidéo font partie de notre culture, nous allons créer un festival international du jeu vidéo.
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Pedro Costa's speech today at Venice upon receiving the Bresson Prize
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darren aronofsky
@DarrenAronofskyAug 31
is this the last masterpiece made solely with human intelligence? who else is expecting to shut down two weeks of their life come thanksgiving? nytimes.com/2026/08/27/arts/…

The Grand Ambitions of Grand Theft Auto VI

Of course you can steal cars in this Bonnie and Clyde story. In the series’s first game in 13 years, you can do almost anything else, too.

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I was on the BBC this weekend talking about GTA VI. we.tl/t-hfHrsA4EM9X8AqeH
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It’s time to let the secret out. In July, I traveled to Scotland to interview the studio heads of Rockstar Games about Grand Theft Auto VI. 💥 nytimes.com/2026/08/27/arts/…

The Grand Ambitions of Grand Theft Auto VI (Gift Article)

Of course you can steal cars in this Bonnie and Clyde story. In the series’s first game in 13 years, you can do almost anything else, too.

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This is gonna be good: centerforfiction.org/group-w…
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Zach Issenberg@ZIssenbergAug 14
What a delight to see Alina's prompt, just as I began to think of my next project! For me, the avant-garde can be so demonstrably revolutionary, that we cannot easily recall what was previously standard. My personal canon inspires me with revolutions in tone, style, and form.
Alina Stefanescu@aliner6 Nov 2022
William Gass' "permanent avant-garde" included the Beckett, Gertrude Stein, Henry James, Kafka, Joyce. Who would you add? Or who is on your avant-garde canon?
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“In multiple cases, contractors I spoke to told me that within months of their position being eliminated, they saw their exact role listed for hire again on one or multiple job websites.” kotaku.com/amidst-mass-layof…

Amidst Mass Layoffs, Contract Work Is Being Gutted Too

Major companies are eliminating more than just their full-time workforce, and developers are paying the price

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Fire your AI copywriter.
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Aaron Gwyn
@AmericanGwynJul 28
I see your annotated copy of David Foster Wallace’s PLAYERS and raise you David Foster Wallace’s annotated copy of BLOOD MERIDIAN:
Daniel Wortel-London@dlondonwortelJul 28
David Foster Wallace's copy of Don Delillo's "Players"
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Michael Barron@_michaelbarronJun 9
For @thebafflermag, I reviewed William T. Vollmann's four-volume, 3000+ page novel A Table for Fortune: thebaffler.com/latest/you-wh…

You Who Forsake the Lord | Michael Barron

William T. Vollmann has paid a high price for his iconoclasm.

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I wrote about Pathologic 2 and 3, two of the most intellectually stimulating and artistically accomplished video games of the past decade for @nytimes: nytimes.com/2026/07/10/arts/…

Failure Is Inevitable in a Franchise That’s Incredible

In the psychological horror series Pathologic, eerie theatrics and impossible decisions unfold in a Russian town overrun by plague.

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I wrote about #ZEROPARADES for @nytimes: nytimes.com/2026/06/19/arts/…

This Spy Masterpiece Staked Out le Carré and Pynchon

With Zero Parades, the studio behind the celebrated Disco Elysium again sends a fallible professional through a complex world.

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Joyce Carol Oates
@JoyceCarolOatesMay 17
"pretentious" is the word the unambitious wield at the ambitious.
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My book about Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain is published today by @yalepress!
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Morten Høi Jensen@MortenHoiJensenMay 21
An excellent piece that gets it right from the first sentence: “Reading Mathias Énard, one doesn’t sense any anxiety about the fate of the novel.” @Chris_Byrd on Énard in @nybooks
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