# Tao Lin — a declared absence: the books from you are a little bit happier than i am to Leave Society, and the mandalas

Tao Lin (b. 1983) is entered as wanted, the mandalas with the books. He is living, and his works open seventy years after his death. The mandalas, which he began drawing in 2014 and first sold on eBay, are images whose every reproduction is his to license.

Rights: Tao Lin; the first publishers named. The mandalas: Tao Lin, the drawings and their images.

| Author | Work | First publisher | Year | Opens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tao Lin | this emotion was a little e-book | Bear Parade | 2006 | seventy years after the author's death (the author is living) |
| Tao Lin | you are a little bit happier than i am | Action Books | 2006 | seventy years after the author's death (the author is living) |
| Tao Lin | Today the Sky Is Blue and White with Bright Blue Spots and a Small Pale Moon and I Will Destroy Our Relationship Today | Bear Parade | 2006 | seventy years after the author's death (the author is living) |
| Tao Lin | Eeeee Eee Eeee | Melville House | 2007 | seventy years after the author's death (the author is living) |
| Tao Lin | Bed | Melville House | 2007 | seventy years after the author's death (the author is living) |
| Tao Lin | cognitive-behavioral therapy | Melville House | 2008 | seventy years after the author's death (the author is living) |
| Tao Lin | Shoplifting from American Apparel | Melville House | 2009 | seventy years after the author's death (the author is living) |
| Tao Lin | Richard Yates | Melville House | 2010 | seventy years after the author's death (the author is living) |
| Tao Lin | Taipei | Vintage Books | 2013 | seventy years after the author's death (the author is living) |
| Tao Lin | Selected Tweets | Short Flight/Long Drive Books | 2015 | seventy years after the author's death (the author is living) |
| Tao Lin | Trip: Psychedelics, Alienation, and Change | Vintage Books | 2018 | seventy years after the author's death (the author is living) |
| Tao Lin | Leave Society | Vintage Books | 2021 | seventy years after the author's death (the author is living) |
| Tao Lin | the mandalas (drawings, from 2014) | sold by the artist | 2014 | seventy years after the author's death (the author is living) |

Wanted: whatever Lin releases openly; his writing on the web as he dates and publishes it, under his terms.

Beside the shelf's machine-authored and networked texts (15/01) and the avant-garde (18/01–18/10).

This seat holds no text of the works it names. The dates follow the terms stated; they are not legal advice.