Hi. I’m Tina Lee Forsee.
Here I write about—you guessed it—philosophy and fiction. I also manage the Substack for a publication called After Dinner Conversation.
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I switched my major from creative writing to philosophy early on as an undergrad in the hopes of turning philosophical knowledge into fiction. Last year I published my debut novel, so I guess that makes me a philosophical novelist. I’m also an unabashed maker of bad, zero-budget films, a mediocre musician,1 and an utterly amateur flamenco dancer. My list of interests and hobbies is like this “About Me” page—ever-evolving.
But one thing stays the same: I have always wanted to be an author ‘when I grow up’. Little did I know writing literary philosophical fiction—what I used to call books—would turn out not to be viable occupation. I could gripe about it (and maybe I will!). Or I could do something. Here’s where ‘literary citizenship’ comes in.2
I’m not the sort of person who joins causes. But when I found out about a nonprofit publication called After Dinner Conversation that specializes in philosophical short stories, I volunteered as a reader, then later, I offered to manage the Substack. Juggling both is time-consuming, I’m not gonna lie, but there is literally no other publication like it. People outside the literary and publishing world don’t realize how precarious the situation is, how many of the creative endeavors they take for granted rely on volunteers, donations, patrons—a small but enthusiastic community.
Well, the same is true for my personal creative endeavors, my literary novel being the most precarious and time-consuming (ten years!) All of which is to say:
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Philosophy
Truth and Generosity: How Truth Makes Language Possible—a book about language and truth written for a general educated audience (no symbolic logic or scary-looking word math).
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Fiction
A Footnote to Plato—a literary campus novel. Beginning summer 2024.
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