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The Shondaland-produced Netflix limited series Inventing Anna<\/em> about both the real and made up parts of a heist of New York City institutions orchestrated by one Anna Delvey Sorokin was released last Friday, February 11. When the story first became popular, I made a blog that served as an archive about Anna Delvey and con artist intrigue. With the release of the Netflix show, I was interviewed by a reporter for the Daily Beast<\/em> <\/a>about the “Cult of Anna Delvey Admirers.” The website, annadelveyfoundation.org<\/a>, that I founded received 60,000 new visitors in one week since the release of the show. I don’t know if that’s a lot, but it feels like a lot for me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n I remember when I first read Jessica Pressler’s “How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People,” published on The Cut<\/em> in May 2018 (link<\/a>), I couldn’t stop reading it till I finished. There hadn’t been a captivating long read in several years. I used to read literary websites like The Awl<\/em>, The Hairpin<\/em>, and The Toast<\/em> every day; quite honestly, the internet has never felt the same to me since those publications closed. It’s more difficult to run a blog in 2022. Most people write stories on Instagram, but there’s no way to code in Instagram; it leaves your words feeling powerless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n