THE GODS OF NEW YORK is out Aug 12! It's a narrative history of NYC in the 80s, a sort of sequel to The Bronx Is Burning. It's the story of a cast of outsized figures (Koch, Sharpton, Trump, Rudy, Larry Kramer, Spike Lee and more) who turned the city into their own, grand stage.

The Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo have spent decades looking for their grandchildren. Haley Cohen Gilliland's excellent new book, A FLOWER TRAVELED IN MY BLOOD, tells the extraordinary story of these grandmothers and connects it to larger questions about state violence, historical trauma and memory. 2/

Good morning, it’s pub day! Here’s another excerpt of the book (which you’re strongly encouraged, by me, to order below). crimereads.com/michael-stew...