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[quote=Anonymous]So much of the weirdness around this story now feels like it's due to Celeste Ng flipping out when those chats were disclosed on the record in the court case, realizing that her name was attached to some really nasty stuff that is contrary to her public image, and trying to do damage control.

I'm at the point where I now kind of wonder if it was Ng who pitched the story to Kolker in order to try and get ahead of the story. One of the mysteries of this whole thing is why on earth the Times Mag devoted 5,000 words to what is, at base, a dispute and miscommunication between two former friends, neither of whom is famous or notorious enough to merit that level of interest/scrutiny. When I read it, I found it jaw dropping but was also like "why are all these people talking about this on the record, why is this a story, this is an insane story I could imagine happening in my social circle but why is it in the NYT?"

But Ng is kind of the peg here. Without her name recognition, does any of this merit NYT attention? Most people outside of Boston/certain literary circles would not even know about Grub Street. The Chunky Monkeys have gotten media attention in the past, but again -- mostly because of Celeste's involvement. There are a million such writing groups in the US (literally, I'm one person and I've been in a half dozen over the course of 15 years or so).

I think she was freaked out by the court case, and worried that DD's determination to get her pound of flesh could ultimately jeopardize Ng's ability to land stuff like her Hulu deal for Little Fires Everywhere (which for the record, I think is a terrific work of fiction).

Anyway, I increasingly think the only reason any of us know anything about this story at all is Celeste Ng. Whether she pitched the story somehow or maybe people at the NYT saw her involvement and it tipped the scales in favor of doing the piece. Without her, I don't think Bad Art Friend would even exist. No one would care enough, frankly.[/quote]

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