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He’s a writer of the 21st Century, using the Internet to promote himself in a similar vein as arty provocateurs of media Andy Warhol and Allen Ginsberg.

He’s gained something of a cult following for books like Shoplifting From American Apparel and Richard Yates, and lately he’s delved into a new medium: documentary filmmaking. 

He and his wife, fellow writer Megan Boyle, have teamed up to make a series of films under the moniker MDMAFilms.  There’s “MDMA,” which follows the pair on a random, Ecstasy-fueled trip through New York City, and the recently premiered “Bebe Zeva,” a chronicle of an adolescent Internet “it girl” of the same name.  

The films are promoted on Lin’s various social media outlets, and are shown in permitting art galleries in New York on a varied schedule.  Clips can be found here.