The question everyone in the tiny realm of established literature is asking: Can Alt Lit author Tao Lin maintain his cool while controversy swirls around him? Or: Can we save this guy? (The established publishing system and more than a few of its members have invested heavily in Tao. He’s not an Ed Champion who can easily be tossed aside.)

Will the flames of scandal reach through Tao’s solipsistic bubble? For someone who believes there is no right or wrong– there just is— does he even care about any of it? (He will if the paychecks stop coming.)