Emmett Rensin


Emmett Rensin is an American essayist and political commentator who writes from a leftist perspective. Originally from Los Angeles, he currently serves as a contributing editor for the Los Angeles Review of Books. In 2012, he was a founding member of Chicago's First Floor Theater, which won the Chicago Reader's Best of 2013 Poll for "Best New Theater Company". Rensin is a graduate of the University of Chicago and is currently completing his MFA at the University of Iowa.

''Twitterature'' (2009)

, coauthored with Alexander Aciman, was published in 2009, when both authors were 19-year-old undergraduates. The book comprises summaries of around 50 well-known literary texts in the form of series of Twitter posts.

Trump tweets controversy

In June 2016, Vox, which employed Rensin as an editor and occasional feature writer, suspended him for a series of tweets calling for anti-Trump riots, including one on June 3 that urged, "If Trump comes to your town, start a riot."