Luke Epplin
@lukeepplin.bsky.social
Author of MOSES AND THE DOCTOR (coming February 2026) and OUR TEAM (on Larry Doby, Satchel Paige, Bob Feller) lukeepplin.com Contact: [email protected]
Three months from today, "Moses and the Doctor" drops. If you're interested in reviewing or anything else, hit me up (email in my bio). Otherwise, I'd certainly appreciate preorders here: www.amazon.com/dp/030683349...
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Three months from today, "Moses and the Doctor" drops. If you're interested in reviewing or anything else, hit me up (email in my bio). Otherwise, I'd certainly appreciate preorders here: www.amazon.com/dp/030683349...
The "Peanuts" strip for today. Make of it what you will.
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The "Peanuts" strip for today. Make of it what you will.
Timeline cleanser: Two photos taken a year apart, both on warm November afternoons.
November 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Timeline cleanser: Two photos taken a year apart, both on warm November afternoons.
Wife made a caramel apple crisp. We’re eating well this weekend.
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Wife made a caramel apple crisp. We’re eating well this weekend.
Probably impossible to read on here, but the jacket for "Moses and the Doctor" is now finished.
November 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Probably impossible to read on here, but the jacket for "Moses and the Doctor" is now finished.
Now this is what I call a headline, from the March 1973 issue of “Black Sports,” one of the great forgotten magazines of the 1970s.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Now this is what I call a headline, from the March 1973 issue of “Black Sports,” one of the great forgotten magazines of the 1970s.
First ever visit to my publisher. Time to start planning publicity.
November 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
First ever visit to my publisher. Time to start planning publicity.
Saw a great indie film last night--"Lurker," which came out in August. I don't think it fully coheres, but the director has an interesting voice and it's exploring topical themes of celebrity, virality, what it takes to make it in art nowadays, etc. A good watch.
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Saw a great indie film last night--"Lurker," which came out in August. I don't think it fully coheres, but the director has an interesting voice and it's exploring topical themes of celebrity, virality, what it takes to make it in art nowadays, etc. A good watch.
On Halloween I told my wife that after our daughter went to sleep, we should make popcorn and watch a scary movie. I'd heard a lot about the Japanese horror film "Audition," and folks, I'm here to tell you: If you're hoping for a romantic night, *don't* watch "Audition." That ending wrecked us.
November 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
On Halloween I told my wife that after our daughter went to sleep, we should make popcorn and watch a scary movie. I'd heard a lot about the Japanese horror film "Audition," and folks, I'm here to tell you: If you're hoping for a romantic night, *don't* watch "Audition." That ending wrecked us.
Now that the blurbs have been collected for “Moses and the Doctor” and the production process is almost complete, I’m going to do what I promised myself years ago: I’m finally going to read “Middlemarch.”
November 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Now that the blurbs have been collected for “Moses and the Doctor” and the production process is almost complete, I’m going to do what I promised myself years ago: I’m finally going to read “Middlemarch.”
One last blurb for “Moses and the Doctor,” this one from the great Jeff Pearlman. What a blessing.
November 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
One last blurb for “Moses and the Doctor,” this one from the great Jeff Pearlman. What a blessing.
One more blurb for "Moses and the Doctor," this one from the great Tyler Kepner, whose book "K" is one of the best sports books published so far this century.
November 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
One more blurb for "Moses and the Doctor," this one from the great Tyler Kepner, whose book "K" is one of the best sports books published so far this century.
Timeline cleanser: Ava is obsessed with leaves.
October 31, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Timeline cleanser: Ava is obsessed with leaves.
Don't want to belabor this point, but it is the last week of baseball and the holidays are coming up. So a friendly reminder that if you want to gift my book "Our Team," shoot me an email (address in my bio) and I'll mail you a signed bookplate. www.amazon.com/Our-Team-Sto...
October 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Don't want to belabor this point, but it is the last week of baseball and the holidays are coming up. So a friendly reminder that if you want to gift my book "Our Team," shoot me an email (address in my bio) and I'll mail you a signed bookplate. www.amazon.com/Our-Team-Sto...
All of the blurbs together for now. I've got a few more cooking. Hope to be able to add to this amazing list soon.
October 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
All of the blurbs together for now. I've got a few more cooking. Hope to be able to add to this amazing list soon.
And here’s today’s last blurb for “Moses and the Doctor,” from the marvelous Jonathan Eig, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of King and Ali. What can I say? It’s an honor that Jonathan even read my book.
October 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
And here’s today’s last blurb for “Moses and the Doctor,” from the marvelous Jonathan Eig, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of King and Ali. What can I say? It’s an honor that Jonathan even read my book.
And here’s a “Moses and the Doctor” blurb from Will Leitch. Will grew up in a town about 90 minutes to the east of mine in southern Illinois, and we’re both huge Cardinals and Illini fans. Thrilled to make this connection.
October 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
And here’s a “Moses and the Doctor” blurb from Will Leitch. Will grew up in a town about 90 minutes to the east of mine in southern Illinois, and we’re both huge Cardinals and Illini fans. Thrilled to make this connection.
The blurbs for "Moses and the Doctor" are rolling in. Here's one from the great @mirinfader.bsky.social , whose stellar book on Hakeem Olajuwon was mandatory reading for me as I wrote about Moses Malone's tenure on the Houston Rockets.
October 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The blurbs for "Moses and the Doctor" are rolling in. Here's one from the great @mirinfader.bsky.social , whose stellar book on Hakeem Olajuwon was mandatory reading for me as I wrote about Moses Malone's tenure on the Houston Rockets.
I loved "Stiller & Meara." It's a beautiful, impressionistic portrait of a very complicated marriage that explores both the love that kept them together and the tensions that tested their personal and professional bond. Highly recommended.
October 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I loved "Stiller & Meara." It's a beautiful, impressionistic portrait of a very complicated marriage that explores both the love that kept them together and the tensions that tested their personal and professional bond. Highly recommended.
Just finished @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social's "Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here" and I'm blown away both by the mounds of research and the expert storytelling. If you want an in-depth and entertaining primer on the making of our migrant situation, this is the book.
October 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Just finished @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social's "Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here" and I'm blown away both by the mounds of research and the expert storytelling. If you want an in-depth and entertaining primer on the making of our migrant situation, this is the book.
Spending the day at the DIA Beacon in front of the massive Richard Serra sculptures.
October 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Spending the day at the DIA Beacon in front of the massive Richard Serra sculptures.
The view from our AirBnB in the Hudson Valley.
October 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The view from our AirBnB in the Hudson Valley.
Not the biggest John Updike fan, but this paragraph from one of his letters to William Maxwell about how he can envision the texture of a book he wants to write but not what actually happens in it is very relatable. lithub.com/dear-bill-le...
October 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Not the biggest John Updike fan, but this paragraph from one of his letters to William Maxwell about how he can envision the texture of a book he wants to write but not what actually happens in it is very relatable. lithub.com/dear-bill-le...
Slowly but surely, Ava is learning to color.
October 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Slowly but surely, Ava is learning to color.
Woke up this morning from a text message from Bob Costas. Let's go. "Moses and the Doctor" is on its way.
October 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Woke up this morning from a text message from Bob Costas. Let's go. "Moses and the Doctor" is on its way.