Tim Barrus Blog

1. Spit in Your Face

   The whole point is to dehumanize anyone who might be autistic and they’re writing. Books. – tim barrus

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2. GATEKEEPERS ALWAYS WIN

   This will not be published. I used the word bulldozer. I submitted this as an example of how the New York Times demands compliance. If the gatekeepers think those of us who deplore the New York Times just disappear into the mist, the gatekeepers are crazier than I thought they…

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3. Scratching Glass

   I do not remember writing this. But some kind soul sent it to me to remind me what an idiot I am. But some of it does hit home. It was published in the New York Times 2009. Shame on me. Back in the States, under my desk, packed in…

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4. Flying Books

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5. Tricks Among the Travellers

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6. Portofino

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7. Night Beach

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8. Family

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9. Tim Barrus: Dirt Bike Town

   The Novel I am writing now: Literary Fiction: Dirt Bike Town by Tim Barrus I ask you. How many autistic, neurodivergent, authors do you really know. Most of us mask it, I do. I am not Romeo Void, but I do love him. Romeo Void will be starring in the…

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10. Writers Do Not Dare To Acknowledge the Blacklist

    The idea that publishers can blacklist, and, turning on a dime, speaking to another audience altogether, about how much we so need the books they publish to save our culture. The word transparency will pop up. Burning our books and blacklisting us is the same exact thing. – Tim Barrus

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