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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 2h

Absolutely fucked how many brilliant and vibrant people who shifted culture when I was younger won’t even make it to 60, but this is especially is gutting. He was something else. pitchfork.com/news/dangelo...

D’Angelo, Groundbreaking R&B Artist, Dies at 51

From his 1995 debut Brown Sugar to his 2014 comeback Black Messiah, he helped define the neo-soul movement

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 21h

Just ate two chili dogs. Hell of a life.

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 22h

I can’t wait!

Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 22h

ONE WEEK AWAY—MONDAY, OCTOBER 20: We pushed this month’s reading off a week to the Third Monday, an exception to our usual Second Monday schedule. Can’t wait to host @jamiattenberg.bsky.social @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani!

Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 13d

Monday, Oct. 20, 8pm: The Franklin Park Reading Series celebrates the paperback release of @jamiattenberg.bsky.social’s novel A Reason to See You Again! Jami will be joined by stellar authors @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani.

Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 1d

“The Keaton aesthetic (let’s call it that) was sourced, at least in the beginning, from Goodwill stores…” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/s...

Diane Keaton Was the Definition of a Style Icon

www.nytimes.com

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 2d

Cubs and Brewers in the playoffs is more interesting than the Yankees and Red Sox in the playoffs now.

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 3d

These cowards.

www.reddit.com/r/law/commen...

From the law community on Reddit: WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman detained by ICE during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

Explore this post and more from the law community

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 4d

Going to demand the Kaplan’s Plot paperback has the line from this review “If there’s one thing Diamond likes, it’s shoulder hair, especially if it’s grey and greased with sweat” on it. open.substack.com/pub/metropol...

Jewish Lightning

On Jason Diamond’s ‘Kaplan’s Plot’

open.substack.com

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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 4d

MONDAY, OCT. 20, 8PM: Can't wait for this Franklin Park Reading Series event w/@jamiattenberg.bsky.social @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani! *Please note: It's on the Third Monday, a rare exception to our Second Monday schedule.

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 4d

Going to demand the Kaplan’s Plot paperback has the line from this review “If there’s one thing Diamond likes, it’s shoulder hair, especially if it’s grey and greased with sweat” on it. open.substack.com/pub/metropol...

Jewish Lightning

On Jason Diamond’s ‘Kaplan’s Plot’

open.substack.com

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 4d

Paid tribute to the legendary Saul Zabar. www.grubstreet.com/article/afte...

What Is Zabar’s Without Saul?

The family’s figurehead always insisted their famous store was bigger than one person. We’re about to find out if that’s true.

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 4d

I agree with all of this.

Peter Steinberg @peter23.bsky.social · 4d

@jasondiamond.bsky.social at the @barnesandnoble.com Discover Prize Awards! KAPLAN’S PLOT was a finalist. And congrats to Katie Yee for winning but as they say, it’s an honor to be nominated. Buy a copy of Jason’s great novel btw.

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 5d

I’m the only one having fun.

Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 5d

Me and @markkrotov.bsky.social wrote about Laszlo Krasznahorkai and the Nobel Prize in Literature newrepublic.com/article/2015...

The Nobel Prize in Literature Is Boring Now

László Krasznahorkai, who was awarded the Prize on Thursday, is a brilliant novelist and consummate laureate. But has the Swedish Academy lost its sense of fun?

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 5d

🫡🫡🫡

Greg Zimmerman @gregzimmerman.bsky.social · 5d

Book 60: Kaplan's Plot, by @jasondiamond.bsky.social

You won’t find a more Chicago-ey novel published this year. Highly recommended!

thenewdorkreviewofbooks.substack.com/p/kaplans-pl...

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Kaplan's Plot, by Jason Diamond: A Big-Shouldered Debut

Two Chicago novels in one!

thenewdorkreviewofbooks.substack.com

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 5d

This is a banner day for those of us who love bleak, Carpathian, Soviet-era Cold War-raised, postmodern weirdness.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025

The author was announced as winner at a ceremony in Stockholm • Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: László Krasznahorkai wins ‘for his compelling and visionary oeuvre’ The Nobel prize in literature for 2025 has been awarded to Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, the Swedish Academy has announced. The Academy cited the 71-year-old’s “compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”. Continue reading...

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 6d

I felt rude for a second but then I realized I was asking and it was a compliment.

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 6d

Just thinking about how when I was in L.A. recently the server at the diner I was eating at told me “we put pickles in our tuna salad. Is that OK” and I looked at her and instinctively said “I can’t believe you have to ask that.”

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 6d

I don’t love online sessions

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 7d

I hope at least I’d be a Roz Chast.

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 7d

I glanced at the bust of Freud on my shrink’s desk right after I told her that waiting to see if the NYT will review my novel reminds me of the strained relationship I have with my parents. It was at that moment that I unlocked a new level of insufferable New Yorker.

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Dorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social · 8d

I even let my picture be taken, willingly! Those who know me know what a commitment to this project is represented here!

Sign up for the book release conversation, me and my pal and colleague Barrye Brown from the Schomburg!
Oct 20 7pm EST
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks again!

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 8d

Hello. It’s me.

The Mysterious Bookshop @mysteriousbookshop.com · 8d

Afternoon visit from @jasondiamond.bsky.social who signed his excellent crime fiction-adjacent debut novel KAPLAN’S PLOT.

Signed copies here: www.mysteriousbookshop.com/products/jas...