Tao Lin is the next big thing in urban hipster lit. At least, so say the people that read his books on the subway. “That guy is the next big thing,” announced one last fall to a stranger ...

Tao Lin said second semester of his freshman year at N.Y.U., after his writing teacher, “a graduate student named Kristen something,” encouraged him and he read Lorrie Moore and White Noise.

Tao Lin 's promotional spam-mongering tactics have not made Gawker a fan of the author; last year the website addressed Lin, saying, "I know you're reading this.

Tao Lin is a writer living in New York City who has published three novels and various articles online. He operates Muumuu House and is the figurehead of alternative literature. In 2010, Lin published ...

Tao Lin will have the superagent. Last December, novelist Tao Lin published a to-do list for the year 2011 in Paper magazine. “Gain literary agent representation from Bill Clegg for ‘120,000 ...

Tao Lin’s new novel, “Taipei,” is more obviously autobiographical than previous efforts — about a young, male, Asian American New York urbanite and social-media compulsive paralyzed by a ...

Tao Lin: 'Shoplifting from American Apparel' Tao Lin: Directionless lives in a story that could end anywhere capture the inanity of human interactions By Ari Messer Oct 1, 2009 Author Tao Lin Tao Lin ...

Filmmakers Tao Lin and Megan Boyle aren’t the first people to find causal connection in drugs and art, but they may have broken new ground in their conspicuous consumption.

Tao Lin is best known for his minimalist, seemingly-autobiographical novels that are obsessed with surface detail (like Shoplifting from American Apparel), for making movies while high (under the ...

Tao Lin is taking readers on a Trip with his nonfiction debut. His upcoming book, which combines memoir, history, and exposé in its exploration of psychedelic drugs, marks an exciting, personal ...

Tao Lin is eccentric but has an ability to manipulate the strings of social dynamics, an aggressiveness apparent in his many attempts to actively frame my story, in an online gregariousness that ...

Tao Lin replied, "Sweet. Thank you." A few minutes later, The Observer decided to write his profile of Tao Lin in Tao Lin's style. An editor came up to The Observer 's desk to check on his work.