Last month, Israeli forces blindfolded, beat, and interrogated the Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha. In this week’s The New Yorker, Mosab tells his story. newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

One month ago, Mosab Abu Toha started texting me a few hundred words a day. He was still in Gaza. Still sleeping in a school. Still recovering from beatings he got in Israeli custody. But every day, he typed this story into his phone: newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

a shattering story by Mosab Abu Toha, but also such a graceful and surprising piece of food writing, capturing small moments of Palestinian joy alongside sorrow newyorker.com/news/essay/my-…

I’ve been thinking about this line with every meal: “In Gaza, this food could save a person’s life.” Mosab Abu Toha writes a heartbreaker for @newyorker: newyorker.com/news/essay/my-…

My essay in The New Yorker about Ramadan, Gaza, and sacrifice in a time of so much suffering. 🌙❤️newyorker.com/news/essay/fas…

The week of July 4th, I'm teaching an essay-writing workshop in the beautiful town of Rockport, Maine. It's designed for a wide range of writers: journalists, memoirists, academics, activists. Sign up Maine Media and spread the word: mainemedia.edu/workshops/item…

A sliver of good news: For his remarkable The New Yorker stories about life and death in Gaza, Mosab Abu Toha has won the Flora Lewis Award for commentary from Overseas Press Club. opcofamerica.org/85th-annual-ov…

In today’s Daily Newsletter, the writer John McPhee tells a science editor about his first time experiencing an earthquake: today, at his home in Princeton, New Jersey. Read more: nyer.cm/gX8t8mA

Very proud to have edited this moving piece along with Aviva. Congrats to Medar and the many The New Yorker colleagues who made it possible. newyorker.com/culture/cultur…

Today is a good day. Mosab Abu Toha has won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Here's to all my The New Yorker colleagues who did unforgettable work this past year— newyorker.com/news/press-roo…

For The New Yorker, I share the story of a little white dog, unwanted and set for euthanasia, his escape, and the nine surreal months that an unlikely team spent trying to rescue him. It's about as New Orleans a story as you can get. newyorker.com/news/the-weeke…