Sam Lipsyte on Fan Fiction and Authenticity

Sign up to receive it in your inbox. In " Final Boy," your story in this week's issue, Rick is a writer of fan fiction about the eighties sitcom "Charles in Charge." How does Rick think of his writing, and how does it fit into his conception of himself? Rick is a guy who has always loved books and used to study creative writing. He's worked for decades in the gig economy, long before it was even called that, doing freelance copy editing and the like.