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Jonathan C Slaght

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Owls of the Eastern Ice (2020): Best Book per NYT/WSJ, PENAmerica winner, Nat.BookAward longlist. New book: TIGERS (11/25). Work: Regional Director Temperate Asia @wcs.org (China/Mongolia/Russia/CentAsia/Afghanistan). Home: Mpls https://linktr.ee/jslaght

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · Aug 22

"a captivating account....vivid detail and suspense."
Nice review of "Tigers Between Empires" (November 4 from @fsgbooks.bsky.social) at @publisherswkly.bsky.social: www.publishersweekly.com/9780374610982 📚💙🐅

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 12h

Not that anybody comes to me for Maine politics, but the fact that the Democrats successfully convinced a 77yo Governor to primary the 41yo progressive, is today's example of why the Democrats fucking stay failing.

Susan Collins is 72 and if Schumer gets his way, she'll be the YOUNGER choice!

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 8h

The writer Peter Matthiessen traveled the world looking for elusive snow leopards and rare cranes. But a new biography shows that the genuine self he was really seeking would be much harder to find, writes John Kaag:

A Warning for the Modern Striver

A new biography of Peter Matthiessen chronicles his many paradoxical attempts to escape who the world expected him to be.

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 14h

I mention it briefly as well, just a line or two.

Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 14h

Looking forward to digging in! Do you describe his brief forays into Russian tiger habitat?

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Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 16h

Eight years ago, I drove to Sag Harbor and sat down for tea with Maria Matthiessen, telling her I wanted to write a book about her late husband, Peter. She warned me against it: a Sisyphean task! I pushed on anyway. (Maria was right.) And today, miraculously, is publication day for TRUE NATURE.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that top Republicans are already fearmongering about, lying about, the No Kings rallies this Saturday, across the US, tells you how worried they are about public pressure and protest against their reactionary, autocratic, anti-American agenda.

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 1d

hello @tigur.com - please send an address to mail this book by end of day (Oct 13), otherwise I will pick another recipient tomorrow! It is packed and ready to ship.

Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 5d

Hey @tigur.com this is yours! DM me a good mailing address and I'll ship today or tomorrow

Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 12d

***giveaway*** this signed, Advance Reader Copy of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES (pub date 4 Nov 25 from @fsgbooks.bsky.social)! Like/Reskeet to enter! US addresses only! Will pick random winner on Thurs, 9 Oct 25 and ship quick. 🐅 #booksky

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 2d

at the Bakken Museum in Minneapolis, wearing a collared shirt and everything, for the Minnesota STEM Book Fest, held in partnership with The Thinking Spot bookshop. Signing TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES and OWLS OF THE EASTERN ICE 12:30-1:30. Stop by! 🌍 #booksky

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 2d

update! Copies of my new TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES will be on sale *today* at the Bakken Museum's MN STEM Book Fest. I am signing from 12:30-1:30. Stop by to pick one up before anyone else! #Minneapolis #Booksky 🌍

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 4d

I've started doing the same... @theonion.com is essential reading these days

Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 4d

hey #Minneapolis: this Sunday I'm on a panel at the MN STEM Book Fest at the Bakken Museum! Fest itself is free but panel attendance is ~$10. I will also be signing owl books if you want to say hello. Hope to see you there! 🌍

A panel announcement with four people smiling. One has a cat.

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 5d

Hey @tigur.com this is yours! DM me a good mailing address and I'll ship today or tomorrow

Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 12d

Bald, bearded man clutching a book with a tiger on the cover

Cover page of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES, signed and stamped by a bald, bearded man

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 5d

Yes, I volunteered on the project starting in 2000, and took part in activities or was otherwise adjacent through 2019, the last time I was in Russia. But it seemed weird to inject myself into the narrative - that seemed like a distraction.

Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 5d

thanks Titus! The adventures are of others, not my own. It's a story of tiger conservation going back thirty years; the characters are people I know but I am not in the book.

Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 5d

Dear London! I'll be at @stanfordstravel.bsky.social on Tuesday, November 11 to talk tigers and sign books. Would love to see you there! Ticket info below 🐅

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tigers-bet...

Tigers Between Empires: by Jonathan C. Slaght

This is a Stanfords, London event

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 5d

every flight!

Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 5d

thank you! Hope you like it!

Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 6d

first copy is here! looks great! Comes out November 4th, please preorder! @bookshop.org link: bookshop.org/p/books/tige...

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 7d

Heading to this event tonight at @wildrumpusbooktore.bsky.social ... my kids grew up on the excellent Dory Fantasmagory books & looking forward to seeing friend Abby Hanlon interact with a crowd! #booksky

Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 7d

Congratulations, @meghamaj.bsky.social !!

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 8d

This dystopian video is previewing a violent takeover, not a targeted law enforcement action. It's insane.

Trump is militarizing our cities to STOKE violence. Not to reduce it. These are the tried and true tactics of authoritarians - plain and simple.