Sentenced March 2026
SENTENCED A life-long lover of books—and especially, sentences—responds to ChatGPT’s answers to his questions about books—and especially, sentences. A Very Handsome Piece WRITTEN BY RJ JENKINS ILLUSTRATION BY JOSHUA JACOBS THE PROMPT This setting description appears in Jane Austen’s beloved novel, Pride and Prejudice: “The park was very large, and contained great variety of ground. […]
The Minds Own Reckoning
WRITTEN BY: R.J. JENKINS ILLUSTRATION BY: JOSHUA JACOBS The Minds Own Reckoning A life-long lover of books—and especially, sentences—responds to ChatGPT’s answers to his questions about books—and especially, sentences The prompt: This sentence appears in Alice Munro’s 2009 collection of short stories, Too Much Happiness: “In your life there are a few places, or maybe only […]
Sentenced: January 2026
SENTENCED WRITTEN BY: R.J. JENKINS ILLUSTRATION BY: JOSHUA JACOBS Picking Up The Pieces …in which a life-long lover of books—and especially, sentences—responds to ChatGPT’s answers to his questions about books—and especially, sentences THE PROMPTThese sentences appear in Toni Morrison’s Beloved: “She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, […]
Forgiveness, A Life’s Sentence
WRITTEN BY: R.J. JENKINS ILLUSTRATION BY: JOSHUA JACOBS Forgiveness, A Life’s Sentence …in which a life-long lover of books—and especially, sentences—responds to ChatGPT’s answers to his questions about books—and especially, sentences The promptThis sentence appears in Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner: “I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of […]
A Human, an AI, and One Perfect Sentence Walk into a Paragraph
WRITTEN BY: R.J. JENKINS ILLUSTRATION BY: JOSHUA JACOBS A Human, an AI, and One Perfect Sentence Walk into a Paragraph …in which a life-long lover of books—and especially, sentences—responds to ChatGPT’s answers to his questions about books—and especially, sentences The promptThis sentence appears at the start of chapter 5 of Edith Wharton’s novel, The House […]