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Lance Richardson

@lancerichardson.bsky.social

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Writer. Australian/American. TRUE NATURE, my biography of Peter Matthiessen, out October 2025. Faculty in the Bennington MFA in Writing program. He/him. www.lancenrichardson.com

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Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 27d

Book tour time! Excited to be hitting the road this fall to talk about Matthiessen and TRUE NATURE with these incredible people. Ticket links and full details at lancenrichardson.com/events. ❄️🐆

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Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 57m

Thanks Megan!

Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 1h

Reviewed in The New Yorker.

Peter Matthiessen Travelled the World, Trying to Escape Himself

He was a spy, a crusader, an obsessive advocate for neglected people and places—yet his work was shaped, too, by an inner crisis.

www.newyorker.com

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Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 8h

And one more tonight.

"This is a brilliant biography, bristling with ground-clearing primary-source research, filled with every findable fact about this writer, and, in an added twist as rare as it’s welcome, written with serious narrative flair."

True Nature by Lance Richardson — Open Letters Review

A brilliant new biography of the legendary 20th-century author

openlettersreview.com

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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 22h

One of the signature actresses of her or any era, and a woman who paved a path most Hollywood actresses -haven't- followed: dressing to express joy and a sense of self. On Diane Keaton: time.com/7325208/dian...

The Astonishing Versatility of Diane Keaton

Keaton, who died at 79, is often remembered for her comedic performance in Annie Hall, but she did so much more throughout her career.

time.com

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Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 17h

Oh gosh, I didn’t know he died. A month ago! Sad news. He was very generous when we spoke.

Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 17h

Ahhh in that case the subject matter does not surprise me, given JM’s own interests.

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Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 17h

It was a fixation. What year?

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Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 17h

It’s really excellent.

Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks Matt!

Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 17h

Early review (two days early, anyway) in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

"Beautifully written, insightful, and engaging, 'True Nature' is a tour de force depiction of a charismatic, restless, self-absorbed, immensely talented literary lion."

Review: The life of Peter Matthiessen

The only person to win a National Book Award for both non-fiction (“The Snow Leopard”) and fiction (“Shadow Country”), Peter Matthiessen...

www.post-gazette.com

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Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 1d

🔥

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Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 4d

Launch events next week!

NYPL: www.showclix.com/event/richar...

BPL: www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/lan...

NWS: nationalwritersseries.org/author-event...

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 2d

War creates two categories of persons: those who
outlive it and those who don’t.

Both carry wounds.

-Anne Carson
#everynightapoem

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HISTORY OF WAR: LESSON 2
War creates two categories of persons: those who outlive it and those who don't.
Both carry wounds.

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Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Riley! I appreciate it.

Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Philip! Climbing a mountain.

Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 2d

My book is out in four days — a statement I can barely believe is true given how much bloody work was involved.

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Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 2d

Oh damn. I'm traveling on your Providence date. Riffraff is the best. You'll love it.

Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 3d

I should say "English-centric."

Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 3d

I think the Nobel often goes to very worthy writers. Just ones I haven't read. More of an indictment of my eurocentric reading habits, I think, than anything else.

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Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 3d

I read constantly, and yet every year the Nobel committee makes me feel woefully underread and provincial in my choices. (In other words, I need to read Krasznahorkai.)

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Brown Anthropology @brownanthro.bsky.social · 4d

Brown University anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte awarded MacArthur ‘genius grant’ — @ievajusionyte.bsky.social, a cultural and legal anthropologist who leads the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social won an $800,000 grant to advance her work.

Brown University anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte awarded MacArthur ‘genius grant’

Jusionyte, a cultural and legal anthropologist who leads the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at Brown’s Watson School of International and Public Affairs, won an $800,000 grant to adv...

www.brown.edu

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Kerri Arsenault @kerriarsenault.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations to @ievajusionyte.bsky.social and her incredible work on borders and how they affect cultures on both “sides” of a boundary line ❤️❤️💪 www.macfound.org/videos/2025-...

Ieva Jusionyte - 2025 MacArthur Fellow

www.macfound.org

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Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 4d

Launch events next week!

NYPL: www.showclix.com/event/richar...

BPL: www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/lan...

NWS: nationalwritersseries.org/author-event...

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Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 5d

I should give it another go. Maybe after I finish with Silksong.

Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 5d

It's not the difficulty. It just doesn't have the compelling world exploration, and there's something funky about the directional controls I bounce off.

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