Abortion is health care, health care is a human right — and that right is finally enshrined in the New York State constitution.

New York has always been and will always be a beacon of hope and progress. At 1:00pm today, I’ll be addressing New Yorkers about the path forward following yesterday’s election.

My message about the election results:

The deadline for the Arizona Quarterly special issue on the American Novel that Nate Wolff and I are coediting is less than a month away! Do send us things. azq.arizona.edu/call-papers-0

hey turn-of-the century hive, realism stans, naturalism sickos: Our submission deadline approaches! p.s. JENNIFER FLEISSNER 🤩 has agreed to write an afterword! Don't you want your work read by the greatest to ever do it, wherein "it" is theorizing the fin de siècle novel??

Need an excuse to escape the family for a while this Thanksgiving? Why not finish your essay for our special issue on the American novel at the turn of the 20th century?! There's still about a week left to submit.

Spread the word! Nate Wolff and I have extended the deadline for submissions for our special issue on the American novel at the turn of the 20th century for Arizona Quarterly. New date is Jan. 2nd. azq.arizona.edu/call-papers-0

An excellent read!

2024 was dubbed the "year of Baldwin," but, in case you haven't gotten your fill, check out my six-lecture Amazon Audible Original series, "James Baldwin: The Man and His Work," which goes live next month. audible.com/pd/James-Baldw…

Yes and yes! 10 out of 10, but it would have been embarrassing if I had done worse and unremarkable that I hadn’t.

Today is the release day for my Audible Original, "James Baldwin: The Man and His Work"! It was a labor of love, and I hope you enjoy it. audible.com/pd/James-Baldw…

Last week, I received a request to extradite a New York doctor who provided life-saving abortion medication to a patient. Today, I’ve sent a letter to Louisiana with a clear message: I will not be signing the request. Not now. Not ever.

Ah, so it's not merely a coincidence that the two presidents recently co-authored an article on resisting the politicization of universities. chronicle.com/article/univer…

I could not be more excited about this book.

I've been uneasy about Junot Díaz's treatment by the mainstream media for a while now, but seeing him get nixed from the Norton anthology was the last straw for me. I've put my thoughts down here. Thanks, as usual, to my editor, Len Gutkin! chronicle.com/article/junot-…

Might not be as attention grabbing as what the administration is doing these days, but this kind of woke illiberalism is insidious. I was also told it was over (if it had ever happened): “In effect, [Junot] Díaz had been canceled, not just informally but in a final, official

Our cover this week.

Less than 30 min, but we cover a lot! know-your-place aggression; that ESQUIRE article on Shedeur Sanders & the NFL; my existing books; Harriet Jacobs’s hometown of Edenton, North Carolina; & the book I’ve now begun writing. (Eek!) (Career) time flies! press.jhu.edu/multimedia/hop…