Hipster Lit

by Zoe Pollock

Daniel Roberts profiles New York author Tao Lin and heralds him as the as the next big thing in net-savvy hipster lit. For those unfamiliar with Lin, here's the opening lines from Lin's Shoplifting From American Apparel:

Sam woke around 3:30 p.m. and saw no emails from Sheila. He made asmoothie. He lay on his bed and stared at his computer screen … Aboutan hour later it was dark outside. Sam ate cereal with soymilk. He putthings on eBay then tried to guess the password to...