Dial-Up Dreams: Why Young Writers Are Haunted by the Internet They Never Quite Lived
A new wave of Gen Z writers is raiding the digital attic — Tumblr dashboards, MSN Messenger away messages, and MySpace layouts — and turning the wreckage into literature. But is this a genuine artistic reckoning with the internet's lost innocence, or a retreat from the relentless churn of today's algorithmic feeds? We went looking for answers.
Jul 27, 2026