Jonathan Coleman @jonacoles.bsky.social
@jonacoles.bsky.social
NYT-bestselling author of WEST BY WEST (with JERRY WEST) and LONG WAY TO GO: Black and White in America.. Voiceover artist.
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Don DeLillo and Move-In Day, Revisited
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A Thomas Beller special. One of his best. The at-times halting audio, by him, actually elevates it.
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A Thomas Beller special. One of his best. The at-times halting audio, by him, actually elevates it.
Don DeLillo and Move-In Day, Revisited
White Noise; Robert Towers and Noah Baumbach; Bronxville Days; Passaro in the chapel; Delillo and Scorsese; “Deft Acceleration" still sings.
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August 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Don DeLillo and Move-In Day, Revisited
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A Thomas Beller special. One of his best. The at-times halting audio, by him, actually elevates it.
open.substack.com/pub/thomasbe...
A Thomas Beller special. One of his best. The at-times halting audio, by him, actually elevates it.
One of the nice benefits of being published in a print quarterly is that during the three months it is in the wild, so to speak, its contents are considered "current." In today's issue of @thesundaylongread.bsky.social, my piece for the summer issue of @theamscho.bsky.social has been included:
August 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
One of the nice benefits of being published in a print quarterly is that during the three months it is in the wild, so to speak, its contents are considered "current." In today's issue of @thesundaylongread.bsky.social, my piece for the summer issue of @theamscho.bsky.social has been included:
This documentary is a reminder of how messy politics can be, that it is decidedly not for the faint of heart. (The brisket, on the other hand, made it all worth it.) 2/2
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The Best Little Statehouse in Texas
YouTube video by Stephen Sheppard
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August 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This documentary is a reminder of how messy politics can be, that it is decidedly not for the faint of heart. (The brisket, on the other hand, made it all worth it.) 2/2
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhKd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhKd...
1981 was a redistricting year in Texas and my first assignment for CBS News was to work on a documentary about the Texas Legislature: THE BEST LITTLE STATEHOUSE IN TEXAS. We made an unconventional choice of correspondent in Texas writer Larry L. King and it was the right one. 1/2
The Best Little Statehouse in Texas
YouTube video by Stephen Sheppard
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August 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
1981 was a redistricting year in Texas and my first assignment for CBS News was to work on a documentary about the Texas Legislature: THE BEST LITTLE STATEHOUSE IN TEXAS. We made an unconventional choice of correspondent in Texas writer Larry L. King and it was the right one. 1/2
In Charlottesville, a simple but irrecoverably elegant dress was hiding in plain sight--and, as it happens, doing far more than that. My newest piece, in the summer issue of The American Scholar:
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Hiding in Plain Sight - The American Scholar
What happens when a progressive city is forced to reckon with its connections to an unjust past?
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June 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
In Charlottesville, a simple but irrecoverably elegant dress was hiding in plain sight--and, as it happens, doing far more than that. My newest piece, in the summer issue of The American Scholar:
theamericanscholar.org/hiding-in-pl...
theamericanscholar.org/hiding-in-pl...
@alexandrajacobs.bsky.social
In @nytimes.com review of Jessa Crispin's WHAT'S WRONG WITH MEN, centering on Michael Douglas, there is mention of Maureen Dowd at the end, but, oddly, no mention of her own relationship with Douglas.
In @nytimes.com review of Jessa Crispin's WHAT'S WRONG WITH MEN, centering on Michael Douglas, there is mention of Maureen Dowd at the end, but, oddly, no mention of her own relationship with Douglas.
June 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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In @nytimes.com review of Jessa Crispin's WHAT'S WRONG WITH MEN, centering on Michael Douglas, there is mention of Maureen Dowd at the end, but, oddly, no mention of her own relationship with Douglas.
In @nytimes.com review of Jessa Crispin's WHAT'S WRONG WITH MEN, centering on Michael Douglas, there is mention of Maureen Dowd at the end, but, oddly, no mention of her own relationship with Douglas.
So Mr. Big Shot decides he wants to deport people to Libya. How will he--and this--be stopped? I wish I hadn't read this before bed, but the truth is I have not been sleeping well anyway these past 3 1/2 months.
May 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
So Mr. Big Shot decides he wants to deport people to Libya. How will he--and this--be stopped? I wish I hadn't read this before bed, but the truth is I have not been sleeping well anyway these past 3 1/2 months.
What did the @ncaa.bsky.social do to make Cameron look so different? @dukewbball.bsky.social
March 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
What did the @ncaa.bsky.social do to make Cameron look so different? @dukewbball.bsky.social
I continue to believe @uconnwbb.bsky.social will need Aubrey Griffin to recover from her latest knock if they want to stand on the top step on April 6
March 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I continue to believe @uconnwbb.bsky.social will need Aubrey Griffin to recover from her latest knock if they want to stand on the top step on April 6
Of course @ruthmarcus.bsky.social would take the position she took. That is who she has always been and what she has always stood for.
March 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Of course @ruthmarcus.bsky.social would take the position she took. That is who she has always been and what she has always stood for.
I so wish the great Knopf editor Ash Green were alive this week to see @newyorker piece on Ross Macdonald and his 1971 novel THE UNDERGROUND MAN in terms of its significance to the California fires
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March 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I so wish the great Knopf editor Ash Green were alive this week to see @newyorker piece on Ross Macdonald and his 1971 novel THE UNDERGROUND MAN in terms of its significance to the California fires
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Vance needed a lot more trips to the woodshed when he was coming up.
March 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Vance needed a lot more trips to the woodshed when he was coming up.
@amyargetsinger.bsky.social How sweet it is to see the byline of Amy Argetsinger back in the Washington Post and in these unsettling times. Her gimlet eye and take on things are irreplaceable.
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Review | Gen X starlet Ione Skye makes peace with her Hollywood story
The star best known for her roles in ‘Say Anything’ and ‘River’s Edge’ opens up about her complicated life in the memoir ‘Say Everything’
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March 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
@amyargetsinger.bsky.social How sweet it is to see the byline of Amy Argetsinger back in the Washington Post and in these unsettling times. Her gimlet eye and take on things are irreplaceable.
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
Very good to hear of @doubledaybooks.bsky.social plans to have a new imprint, Outsider Editions, in the summer of 2026, to re-issue books that they feel may have been underappreciated when they first appeared. JOURNEY TO NOWHERE by Shiva Naipaul, which I had the honor 1/2
February 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Very good to hear of @doubledaybooks.bsky.social plans to have a new imprint, Outsider Editions, in the summer of 2026, to re-issue books that they feel may have been underappreciated when they first appeared. JOURNEY TO NOWHERE by Shiva Naipaul, which I had the honor 1/2
In the world of basketball, there has been one Ice Man--George Gervin. But in the larger and wider world there was the original Ice Man--Jerry Butler. From the moment I first saw him at the Uptown Theater in North Philly, he has always been part of my musical inner circle. Now he is gone. R.I.P.
February 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
In the world of basketball, there has been one Ice Man--George Gervin. But in the larger and wider world there was the original Ice Man--Jerry Butler. From the moment I first saw him at the Uptown Theater in North Philly, he has always been part of my musical inner circle. Now he is gone. R.I.P.
@sammymewy.bsky.social and @beckysauerbrunn.bsky.social are such a tonic of good will and love in these dark times. I can count on my Tuesdays being uplifting.
“I’m so obsessed with her getting this milestone.”
“Any team is lucky to have her.”🥹 🇺🇸
You can feel the love for Emily Sonnett from @sammymewy.bsky.social & Becky Sauerbrunn ❤️
“Any team is lucky to have her.”🥹 🇺🇸
You can feel the love for Emily Sonnett from @sammymewy.bsky.social & Becky Sauerbrunn ❤️
February 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
@sammymewy.bsky.social and @beckysauerbrunn.bsky.social are such a tonic of good will and love in these dark times. I can count on my Tuesdays being uplifting.
@wgawest.bsky.social So very proud of my longtime friend, Elisabeth Seldes Annacone, for her win tonight as the screenwriter for "The Great Lillian Hall." In a time of absolute turmoil, it is heartening to be reminded that quality--and good people of integrity--can win out.
February 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
@wgawest.bsky.social So very proud of my longtime friend, Elisabeth Seldes Annacone, for her win tonight as the screenwriter for "The Great Lillian Hall." In a time of absolute turmoil, it is heartening to be reminded that quality--and good people of integrity--can win out.
Danielle Sassoon speaks truth to power. And being "ambitious" has nothing to do with it.
February 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Danielle Sassoon speaks truth to power. And being "ambitious" has nothing to do with it.
a few months after I graduated from college, she probably had something to do with it. In the midst of the volume being turned up full blast in all our lives since January 20, she quietly slipped away. May her memory be a blessing. 2/2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8Ey...
Marianne Faithfull - As Tears Go By (1964) (Stereo / Lyrics)
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January 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
a few months after I graduated from college, she probably had something to do with it. In the midst of the volume being turned up full blast in all our lives since January 20, she quietly slipped away. May her memory be a blessing. 2/2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8Ey...
Marianne Faithfull was my Mona Lisa. I was in 8th grade when "As Tears Go By" came out and I listened to it more times than I could ever remember. It made me feel that there was something else out there, but what that was I had no clear idea. When I went to work in London 1/2
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January 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Marianne Faithfull was my Mona Lisa. I was in 8th grade when "As Tears Go By" came out and I listened to it more times than I could ever remember. It made me feel that there was something else out there, but what that was I had no clear idea. When I went to work in London 1/2
The way Emma Navarro conducts herself, both on and off the court, is a master class of grace and [email protected]
January 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The way Emma Navarro conducts herself, both on and off the court, is a master class of grace and [email protected]
CFB Playoff setup looking more and more like a money grab than anything else.
December 21, 2024 at 7:14 PM
CFB Playoff setup looking more and more like a money grab than anything else.
I recently decided to narrate my personal remembrance of Jerry West I wrote in October for The Hedgehog Review (which was then selected by Kevin Merida, guest editor for that week's The Sunday Long Read).
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A personal remembrance of the late JERRY WEST--the Logo of the NBA--by his coauthor and collaborator on his autobiography, WEST BY WEST: My Charmed, Tormented Life, considered to be one of the best bo
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December 18, 2024 at 1:45 AM
I recently decided to narrate my personal remembrance of Jerry West I wrote in October for The Hedgehog Review (which was then selected by Kevin Merida, guest editor for that week's The Sunday Long Read).
I woke up this morning thinking that the degree of venom among and between us is possibly worse than ever. Caitlin Clark is featured on TIME's cover and her fan base concludes she has "sold out." The moment she mentions her own "white privilege" people are up in arms.
December 12, 2024 at 1:57 PM
I woke up this morning thinking that the degree of venom among and between us is possibly worse than ever. Caitlin Clark is featured on TIME's cover and her fan base concludes she has "sold out." The moment she mentions her own "white privilege" people are up in arms.
@jaysonst.bsky.social
Could you give me a follow, Jayson, so I can send you something of interest on Dick Allen. Thanks
Could you give me a follow, Jayson, so I can send you something of interest on Dick Allen. Thanks
December 9, 2024 at 1:33 PM
@jaysonst.bsky.social
Could you give me a follow, Jayson, so I can send you something of interest on Dick Allen. Thanks
Could you give me a follow, Jayson, so I can send you something of interest on Dick Allen. Thanks