Matt Greene

Not sure how I'd like to be remembered but while I'm alive I'd like to be thought of as famously litigious.

Parenting observation: the Beano is much better at chasing lapsed subscriptions than the LRB

British columnists on Labour antisemitism: Who could even imagine having such horrifically hateful views in the 21st century?!

British columnists on Reform antisemitism: Come on, we all graffitied swastikas on our Jewish classmates' lockers at school, didn't we?

When my first book, Ostrich, came out lots of people commented that it was a sensitive portrait of autism. This amused me as the narrator wasn't autistic. I didn't say anything cos intentional fallacy etc. Yesterday the 8-year-old was diagnosed as autistic. I think those readers might've had a point

This is such a thoughtful engagement with the book, which as a writer is the only thing you hope for. Thank you for sharing, and for taking the time to write it - it's hugely appreciated.

One of my most staunchly held beliefs is that recipe writers who, around step 5, casually drop a "Meanwhile" should face prison time.

Wrote something for the latest edition of the Blizzard I did, about Peter Gulácsi and the ramifications of speaking out in Orbán’s Hungary

I think this is almost certainly the nicest compliment anyone has ever paid me

Absolute must read!

Ah this sounds brilliant, but unless it's "can I have a chocolate ice cream please... thank you very much" level I'll have to hope someone translates it

That's extremely kind of you. Thanks so much for reading and sharing

Some of my editorial work comes via Reedsy. Over the past year it's become completely overrun by people (I can't call them authors) who are asking for editorial help on manuscripts that have been generated by #AI. Often, what they want is for someone to make the text sound more human.

Thanks so much for reading and sharing. Hugely appreciated!

Thank you for sharing. There are dozens of us! DOZENS!

This essay crystallized so much of the unease I feel—not just about the push for LLMs, but also about how (profit motive + the web) degrades the depth and tenor of how we communicate.

Finally, someone gets why I'm doing this

"Language is no longer an arcade claw lowered into our deepest thoughts. It is no longer the water we swim and sometimes drown in." Alright Matt, fuck us upppp.

❤️❤️❤️ thank you for reading

Parenting hack: to save time throw a cucumber away whole every four days as opposed to portioning it out and throwing it away in increments

This post brought to you by revisiting Complicated by Avril Lavigne (still slaps) and You Get What You Give by New Radicals (still doesn't). Both those videos some real end of history shit

No greater authority figure conceivable to the early '00s music video producer than the shopping mall security guard

I've said it once and I'll say it again: one of the internet's best hubs

On the Rise of ChatGPT and the Industrialization of the Post-Meaning World When you teach children to analyze, or appreciate, poetry, you get used to a certain complaint, that you’re making it up, that the writer did not give that much thought to choosing a colon over a c…

“Soon it won’t just be birthday greetings and opening gambits on Hinge that people outsource to AI.” @arealmattgreene.bsky.social explains why LLMs are built for a post-meaning world.

I'm going to allow myself the rare treat of online sincerity as a publication gift to myself: thank you so much for all the support you've shown and continue to show my writing. I am beyond appreciative.

Mate ❤️❤️❤️

Oh that's really exciting! I'll keep everything crossed - I'd love to read. When it gets picked up and you're in need of blurbs, give me a shout! And thank you - I really appreciate that! Good luck with the submission

Ha! I'll definitely take it! If you do get round to it, I really hope you enjoy!

On the Rise of ChatGPT and the Industrialization of the Post-Meaning World When you teach children to analyze, or appreciate, poetry, you get used to a certain complaint, that you’re making it up, that the writer did not give that much thought to choosing a colon over a c…

I'm very proud of this essay and delighted one of my fave sites is hosting it. On language as the surface of a lake and how the advertiser's dream is to sever it from an ecology of meaning, how we resist this, and why we should absolutely feel okay shaming users of AI. lithub.com/on-the-rise-...

And absolutely thrilled to be included here, in one of my favourite corners of the internet!

12 Must-Read Books of December 2025 - Chicago Review of Books The year may be winding down, but 2025 still has plenty of book releases to look forward to. One of the interesting things about this month is the amount of exciting works in translation coming out, w...

Extremely grateful to @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social for including The Definitions in their list of December must-reads. I can only imagine it was similar thrill for Nobel winners Peter Handke and Olga Tokarczuk to scroll down and see the company they were in. chireviewofbooks.com/2025/12/01/1...