

SIMON: So Gerald is kind of suspended in Slack, but - and that's not metaphorical.

KASULKE: Thanks so much for having me on. SIMON: "Several People Are Typing" is the debut novel from Calvin Kasulke, who is a Lambda Literary Fellow. SIMON: (Reading) I can help by answering simple questions about how Slack works. SIMON: (Reading) I am afraid I don't understand. SIMON: (Reading) I searched for that on our help me center. SIMON: (Reading) I think I understand how to help center, help center the help center you. And to give you a sense of this weird new universe, we want to hear some of the messages from Gerald's story told in the novel "Several People Are Typing." The author, Calvin Kasulke, will read this Slack voice of his character Gerald, and I get to be a Slack bot.ĬALVIN KASULKE: (Reading) Leave Slack. A lot of Americans may feel like Gerald, mid-level employee at a PR firm who finds himself somehow suspended inside his company's Slack channel.
