In advance of what I hope doesn't happen today: I visited my wonderful protesting students at Rutgers yesterday afternoon and to characterize their collective action as anything other than peaceful, respectful, and kind is self-serving, cherry-picked mischaracterization.

I first read Paul Auster’s NEW YORK TRILOGY in Philly’s 30th street station and it made me want to be a writer. It was my senior year of college, late spring - a heartbreaking thought, with what’s being done to the students uptown tonight. nytimes.com/2024/04/30/boo…

New York friends: For the launch of Blue Ruin I'll be reading at Books are Magic 5/17 with Chris Bollen and McNally Seaport 5/20 with Adam Dalva. Hope to see you at one of those events

I loved VLADIVOSTOK CIRCUS - but maybe that should be no surprise, because I love everything Elisa Shua Dusapin writes. The book is dreamy and kinetic, and fans of WINTER IN SOKCHO will be happy. Couldn’t put it down.

Really thrilled to be talking with Hari Kunzru about his terrific new novel BLUE RUIN on May 20th at McNally Jackson Seaport - register here and join us: mcnallyjackson.com/event/hari-kun…

There is still
nothing
that feels to me
more like rich edifying joy
than listening to writers
read, and talk, and think
in a crowded corner
of a fine and rambling bookstore
like McNally Jackson

Thanks to Brandon and Adam Dalva
for a night well-spent

This is going to be so fun - join us!

Eclipse hunting with my dad in Plattsburgh, NY - will be our second totality (if clouds cooperate 🤞🏻)

First time I've felt an earthquake in NYC since 2011 - wild!

When I was stressing out about how to shape the piece, I called Adam Dalva and asked him what I should do and he said, 'You don't have to summarize all of them, just talk about what's cool and which ones suck and which ones rule' and that is what I did, lol.

My favorite writer - I miss her. Started reading The Culture of Lies yesterday as soon as the package arrived, and it's characteristically great.

Still a few tickets available for our conversation tomorrow night - if you loved this book or are curious to learn more about Victor Heringer's fascinating career, join us!

Congratulations to Lorrie Moore - I loved this book

This prank has now been beautifully commemorated by Lauren Oyler in her new book, so I can finally deem it a total victory