Authors cited in today’s chapter draft: Dr. Seuss Jay-Z Professor Joanne B. Freeman Quiara Alegría Hudes Stephen Sondheim

Today is the pub date of #ByTheFireWeCarry. I’m thinking a lot about the shoulders I stand on. My parents who have always had faith in me. The friend who celebrated milestones and coaxed me through the overwhelm. The incredible staff HarperCollins who guided this book into being

So exciting that the Native Theater Project has a home and a future! orartswatch.org/a-new-stage-fo…

Dramaturgs! Lynn Riggs! The recovered history of queer Indigenous theater! This terrific ⁦Playbill⁩ story has it all. search.app/JEXGzYAruPRzb5…

Is there really a movie called My Hero Academia?

NEW: My in-depth interview with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis about their kickass new hip-hop-musical concept album, Warriors—which drops at midnight tonight. This was such a pleasure. timeout.com/newyork/warrio…

WICKED’s frequent patches of sluggishness are particularly frustrating because so much of Jon M. Chu’s film, especially the songs, is glorious. slantmagazine.com/film/wicked-re…

In response to the election, a lot of people have been talking about the importance of organizing. Here are some Native groups doing THE WORK to consider donating to or volunteering with:

Best rhyme in #Wicked? 1) absurd degree/verdigris 2) analysis/dialysis/a pal, a sis 3) were…well, are/pop-u-lur…lar

The songs in Moana 2 are terrible. I wrote about what Lin-Manuel Miranda brought to Disney, and what we’ve lost without him. vulture.com/article/after-…

ME: Not really feeling Moana 2. MY DAUGHTER: Et tu, Brute?

It’s true! A centuries-long buildup to the immortal vampire line, “Can you count, suckers?”

🐍⁦Stephanie Burt (Taylor's Version) 🥥✨⁩ puts the “villain” in “villanelle”! via ⁦The New York Times⁩

My favorite intersection.

One of my best friends in college wrote the definitive biography of Lin-Manuel Miranda. He sat down with Lin-Manuel a dozen times & interviewed 150 people --from his mother to musical theater masters. It's about the pursuit of the creative life. Andrew Lloyd Webber said, "This

Glad to write about the resonance of Hamilton on its 10th anniversary for The New York Times nytimes.com/2025/08/06/opi… via @NYTOpinion

What do you do when your dream comes true? The great ⁦Javier Muñoz⁩ narrates the audiobook for my biography of ⁦Lin-Manuel Miranda⁩ published by ⁦Simon & Schuster⁩ and ⁦Atlantic Books⁩ on Sept 9. share.google/KMHEhwRSeCO7n2…