Matthew Goodman
@mgoodmanbooks.bsky.social
Brooklynite, author of narrative histories including the NYT bestseller EIGHTY DAYS and THE CITY GAME, and the recently released PARIS UNDERCOVER. Mets fan. Loves the semicolon.
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Paris Undercover: A Wartime Story of Courage, Friendship, and Betrayal
A Wartime Story of Courage, Friendship, and Betrayal
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Friends: My new book, PARIS UNDERCOVER, is now on sale!
"One of the best books I've read in ages." -- Sonia Purnell, A Woman of No Importance
"A true original ... a heart-pounding tale of betrayal that is impossible to put down." -- Lynne Olson, Madame Fourcade's Secret War
#booksky #nonfiction
"One of the best books I've read in ages." -- Sonia Purnell, A Woman of No Importance
"A true original ... a heart-pounding tale of betrayal that is impossible to put down." -- Lynne Olson, Madame Fourcade's Secret War
#booksky #nonfiction
Whit Johnson looks like the AI version of David Muir
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Whit Johnson looks like the AI version of David Muir
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Today was the day Zohran Mamdani finally became president
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Today was the day Zohran Mamdani finally became president
Pausing the doomscrolling momentarily to say that I’m thrilled that the WaPo has just named my book PARIS UNDERCOVER as one of the top 50 nonfiction books of the year! (Happy too to be on the list alongside my pal @gilbertking.bsky.social.)
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50 notable works of nonfiction from 2025
The year’s best memoirs, biographies, history and more, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Pausing the doomscrolling momentarily to say that I’m thrilled that the WaPo has just named my book PARIS UNDERCOVER as one of the top 50 nonfiction books of the year! (Happy too to be on the list alongside my pal @gilbertking.bsky.social.)
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
“An author’s fondest dream is to turn the reader into a spectator.” — Vladimir Nabokov
#writing #blueskywriters
#writing #blueskywriters
November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“An author’s fondest dream is to turn the reader into a spectator.” — Vladimir Nabokov
#writing #blueskywriters
#writing #blueskywriters
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Print dictionaries: the original large language models
11/18/25
11/18/25
November 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Print dictionaries: the original large language models
11/18/25
11/18/25
On November 13, we are told, Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence; that request came from his wife.
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
On November 13, we are told, Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence; that request came from his wife.
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I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.
you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.
To those threatening to leave NYC in the wake of Zohran’s victory, I say the same thing I said to those who fled the city after 9/11:
November 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
To those threatening to leave NYC in the wake of Zohran’s victory, I say the same thing I said to those who fled the city after 9/11:
A terrific essay by @michaelweinreb.com on the 1950 basketball bookmaking scandal — more relevant than ever after last week’s arrests. “The culture of betting is now so omnipresent in sports,” Weinreb writes, “that it sometimes feels like the central reason why sports exist.” Worth a read!
The Gambler and the Ballplayer (1950)
Seventy-five years after the biggest scandal in basketball history, here we are again.
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A terrific essay by @michaelweinreb.com on the 1950 basketball bookmaking scandal — more relevant than ever after last week’s arrests. “The culture of betting is now so omnipresent in sports,” Weinreb writes, “that it sometimes feels like the central reason why sports exist.” Worth a read!
For all the Lebowski heads out there, like me:
October 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
For all the Lebowski heads out there, like me:
Tribute to Toni Cade Bambara, Trastevere, Rome
September 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Tribute to Toni Cade Bambara, Trastevere, Rome
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used to be you could get an indictment against a ham sandwich. now you can't even indict a guy who throws a ham sandwich. folks, www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
used to be you could get an indictment against a ham sandwich. now you can't even indict a guy who throws a ham sandwich. folks, www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
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It’s a mystery why we still ask whether we’re alone in the universe, isn’t it, when you consider that this question was definitively answered by the New York Sun exactly 190 years ago? For this was the day we learned there were man-bats and bipedal beavers living on the moon
August 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
It’s a mystery why we still ask whether we’re alone in the universe, isn’t it, when you consider that this question was definitively answered by the New York Sun exactly 190 years ago? For this was the day we learned there were man-bats and bipedal beavers living on the moon
Love the subtle “Big Lebowski” reference by @kenjennings.bsky.social on Jeopardy tonight! Not into the whole brevity thing, indeed.
August 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Love the subtle “Big Lebowski” reference by @kenjennings.bsky.social on Jeopardy tonight! Not into the whole brevity thing, indeed.
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Assault with a deli weapon.
August 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Assault with a deli weapon.
Brattleboro, Vermont
August 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Brattleboro, Vermont
“Nobody’s seen anything like it — even though they’ve done it twice before”
Trump say the FBI “may have to” arrest Texas Democrats who broke quorum
August 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“Nobody’s seen anything like it — even though they’ve done it twice before”
A “Palestine exception” to free speech means that there is no free speech
Exclusive: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication.
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication
As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A “Palestine exception” to free speech means that there is no free speech
I’m thrilled to announce that my book PARIS UNDERCOVER has been selected for the long list for the 2025 American Library in Paris Book Award. It’s an honor to be included in this wonderful lineup of books and authors!
July 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I’m thrilled to announce that my book PARIS UNDERCOVER has been selected for the long list for the 2025 American Library in Paris Book Award. It’s an honor to be included in this wonderful lineup of books and authors!
RIP Dave (“The Cobra”) Parker, right fielder non pareil and the baddest mf ever to play the game
June 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
RIP Dave (“The Cobra”) Parker, right fielder non pareil and the baddest mf ever to play the game
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I get how New Yorkers talking about the city all the time is annoying, but I gotta say that non-New Yorkers talking about the city is way more annoying
June 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I get how New Yorkers talking about the city all the time is annoying, but I gotta say that non-New Yorkers talking about the city is way more annoying
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Cuomo and his supporters ran one of the most genuinely racist anti-Muslim campaigns I’ve ever seen, and no one in the Democratic establishment says a word. From now on I think all politicians need to “prove” that they aren’t anti-Muslim. How come we never get that litmus test?
June 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Cuomo and his supporters ran one of the most genuinely racist anti-Muslim campaigns I’ve ever seen, and no one in the Democratic establishment says a word. From now on I think all politicians need to “prove” that they aren’t anti-Muslim. How come we never get that litmus test?
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i think cuomo did well considering he couldn’t campaign while the sun was up
June 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
i think cuomo did well considering he couldn’t campaign while the sun was up