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“Sensitive, well-reported and probing.” —Dwight Garner, New York Times on @ghoward1950.bsky.social's book, The Insider, available now. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
American Literature Owes a Great Debt to This 20th-Century ‘Insider’
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November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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In Karl Ove Knausgaard's ingenious fourth entry in the Morning Star series, a self-absorbed Norwegian photographer strikes a Faustian bargain in exchange for success. It’s a remarkable addition to an exciting and disturbing series. @penguinpress.bsky.social
The School of Night by Karl Ove Knausgaard
In Knausgaard’s ingenious fourth entry in the Morning Star series (after The Third Realm), a self-absorbed Norwegian photographe...
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November 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
David Nasaw sits down with @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social to talk about his new book, The Wounded Generation, and how his father's return from the war influenced why he wrote the book. www.cbsnews.com/news/the-wou...
"The Wounded Generation": Bearing the invisible scars of war
When the "Greatest Generation" returned home from World War II, many veterans had suffered psychic wounds not diagnosed or understood at the time to be PTSD. A new book examines the traumas that they ...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
For fans of literature and history! The Insider by @ghoward1950.bsky.social, reviewed in @wsj.com. The Insider is available wherever you get your books.
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‘The Insider’ Review: Champion of the Lost Generation
As an editor and book critic, Malcolm Cowley backed innovative American writers. His greatest achievement may have been his rescue of William Faulkner’s literary reputation.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A great week launching INJUSTICE by @carolleonnig.bsky.social and @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social. Have you picked up your copy yet?

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November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
We are pleased to share that the African Studies Association has announced the ASA Christie and Chinua Achebe Fund✨
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African Studies Association Announces ASA Christie and Chinua Achebe Fund
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 4, 2025Contact: Alix Saba, Executive Director, [email protected] PDF Press Release for Distribution: Download HereAfrican Studies Association Announces ASA Christi...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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The new book "Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department" looks at how and why the Justice Department failed to successfully pursue its cases against Trump.
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
ON SALE NOW, The Insider by @ghoward1950.bsky.social! The Insider details the life of Malcolm Cowley, the editor responsible for transforming the landscape of American literature as we know it. Learn more: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/561292...
November 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
THE INSIDER by @ghoward1950.bsky.social is on sale now! @theatlantic.com reviews the book, writing "Cowley’s power and influence lay in opening, not shutting, the door to a new generation." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Man Who Rescued Faulkner
How the critic Malcolm Cowley made American literature into its own great tradition
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November 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Publication day for THE INSIDER: MALCOLM COWLEY AND THE TRIUMPH OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. Huge thanks to my wonderful publisher, Penguin Press. I'll be at Greenlight Bookstore on November 5th with Edwin Frank and the 92d Street Y with Jay Parini on December 9th.
November 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“The disturbing takeaway of INJUSTICE is that, at the Justice Department, political independence has been replaced by abject servility to Trump." @nytimes.com reviews the new book from @carolleonnig.bsky.social and @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social.

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What Is Going On Inside the Department of Justice?
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November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
@calfraser.bsky.social, author of MURDERLAND, joins the Living on Earth podcast. Listen to her incredible interview on serial killers and lead exposure. loe.org/shows/segmen...
Living on Earth: Serial Killers and Lead Exposure
The Pacific Northwest of the US harbored a serial killer hotspot of sorts in the 1970s, associated with the neurotoxin lead. Seattle-born author Caroline Fraser explores this link in her book Murderla...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"Arresting and deeply researched." @NewYorker says of Jochen Hellbeck's new book, WORLD ENEMY NO. 1, on sale now. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Uses and Abuses of “Antisemitism”
How a term coined to describe a nineteenth-century politics of exclusion would become a diagnosis, a political cudgel, and a rallying cry.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"World Enemy No. 1 is a bracing, necessary corrective." @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social reviews Jochen Hellbeck's new book on WWII: World Enemy No. 1.
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World Enemy No. 1: Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the Fate of the Jews
In the West, the story of World War II in Europe often follows a familiar arc.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Jochen Hellbeck, professor at Rutger's and the author of WORLD ENEMY NO. 1, joined @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social to discuss his new book and the state of the world today. Get your copy: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/742338...
October 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"The DOJ under Trump is still standing. But inside, he and his lieutenants have taken a wrecking ball to this core pillar of our nation’s governing system." @carolleonnig.bsky.social on what she and @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social found in their reporting for INJUSTICE.

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Opinion | All It Took for Trump to Dismantle the Justice Dept.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
New York! Pulitzer Prize–winning Washington Post reporters @carolleonnig.bsky.social and @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social will be in conversation with @nicollewallace.bsky.social about their explosive new book, Injustice. November 9 at 6 pm at the @92ndstreety.bsky.social.

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October 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Happy Pub Day to Dead and Alive, the resounding new essay collection from acclaimed writer Zadie Smith.

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October 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Join @carolleonnig.bsky.social and @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social for a great conversation around their new book, INJUSTICE: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department. More details below and at the link:
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October 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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In a sold-out talk at the Graduate Center, @karenhao.bsky.social, the author of "Empire of AI," questioned the nirvana notions of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and others in Silicon Valley who are racing to create an artificial general intelligence model
Author Karen Hao Unmasks OpenAI's Altruistic Facade
In a sold-out talk at the Graduate Center, the author of "Empire of AI" questioned the nirvana notions of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and others in Silicon Valley who are racing to create an artificial…
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October 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Read an exclusive excerpt from INJUSTICE by
@carolleonnig.bsky.social and @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social --
one of many inside-the-room reports from the book that explain how America got here and what’s really been happening inside DOJ.

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How Jack Smith’s strongest case against Donald Trump collapsed
Seeking to get the classified documents case to a jury before the 2024 election, the special counsel made a fateful decision that some in his office saw as a misstep.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"Ever since Trump was first elected President, a slew of books have attempted to reckon with the growing divide between urban and rural populations in the United States. Few do so as deftly as Beth Macy’s PAPER GIRL."

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The Muscular Compassion of “Paper Girl”
In her new book, Beth Macy returns to her home town of Urbana, Ohio, using it as a ground zero for understanding right-wing radicalization.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM