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Executive Editor, Farrar Straus Giroux

[T. Corey Brennan @Repubblica1849]

What's the chance of one university (Königsberg = Kaliningrad) producing 2 dissertations that treat ancient Greek dog names—within a year of each other (Bäcker 1884, Jeschonnek 1885)? Jeschonnek was on Bäcker's committee but essentially says he stole his topic, & did a crummy job

[John Fabian Witt @JohnFabianWitt]

My legal history course has been full of resonances and lessons for the madness of the world this term. This week we read The Containment, the spectacular new book by @mvadams12 — and the author came to class! Hands down best deep history of a single case in decades. @fsgbooks

[Samuel Moyn 🔭 @samuelmoyn]

Many out to arrest and reverse imperial decline actually hasten it https://t.co/7isyQhdJJi

[Zeke Faux @ZekeFaux]

if you have any interest in early US history, @WilliamHogeland's THE HAMILTON SCHEME is an engrossing, eye-opening read

https://t.co/LtTRJtek4o

[John Ganz @lionel_trolling]

👍 thanks

[The American Academy in Berlin @AmericanAcademy]

The American Academy in Berlin is proud to announce the recipients of the 2024-25 Berlin Prize. We look forward to welcoming another class of outstanding scholars, writers, & artists to the Hans Arnhold Center.⁠ More about the fellows & their projects: https://t.co/HXc3GOwBl0

[Will Hermes @WilliamHermes]

The music/culture writing of ⁦@NifMuhammad⁩ has long been essential reading for me. His beautiful essay about my book Lou Reed: The King of New York is in ⁦@bookforum⁩, whose rebirth was very welcome news in 2023. Gratitude y’all 🙏 https://t.co/KERHBe8RkS

[Matthew Sitman @MatthewSitman]

Big congrats to @profburns on the publication of her new biography of Milton Friedman—out yesterday! It shouldn't be a surprise that we're having her on @KnowYrEnemyPod next week, which I'm really looking forward to. Here's the book, which you should buy! https://t.co/FU0ToyRdCT

[Barry Lam 🥢 @ProfBarryLam]

This happened.

[Steven Hyden @Steven_Hyden]

This passage from @WilliamHermes' forthcoming Lou Reed bio is extraordinary. https://t.co/6hvqxCjkGA

[Cass Sunstein @CassSunstein]

Riveted by Doppelganger by @NaomiAKlein; it's like a fever dream, and it finds universes in grains of sand.
https://t.co/54MenE4cRx

[Jonathan Eig @jonathaneig]

I ❤️ NY

[@scottjshapiro.bsky.social @scottjshapiro]

No one writes about philosophy like Jamie Ryerson. Phenomenal piece. "Throughout his career, he was drawn to lines of inquiry — about freedom, love, selfhood and purpose — https://t.co/O8EK0UgoYL

[douglas rushkoff @rushkoff]

Ever get Naomi Klein confused with another Naomi? Her new book, Doppelgänger, transforms our media mirror images from dire threats into opportunities for empathy and triggers for emancipation. A stunningly satisfying literary triumph. https://t.co/9dU8T1gwuR

[Sapphire @MsSapph]

What had been obfuscated became clear, the short “tragic” life became a TRIUMPH, and throughout it all the poetry took center stage clear and accessible at last.
David Waldstreicher has written a masterpiece about a slave girl who mastered the English language!

[@scottjshapiro.bsky.social @scottjshapiro]

Big thanks to @jenszalai for the wonderful, thoughtful review and confirming for the newspaper of record that I am indeed funny. “Shapiro is funny and unflaggingly fascinated by his subject, luring even the nonspecialist into technical descriptions …” https://t.co/O28JyKx948

[Juliette Kayyem @juliettekayyem]

This book is getting all the attention it deserves (audiobook for me!). A terrific writer in @jonathaneig and an equally terrific editor in my friend Alex Star @alexbstar from @fsgbooks. Congrats to both on its success.

[@scottjshapiro.bsky.social @scottjshapiro]

Some personal news: https://t.co/P00WliiHD7

[Farrar,Straus&Giroux @fsgbooks]

FSG is excited to announce that we’ll be publishing the award-winning author @NaomiAKlein’s new book, DOPPELGANGER: A TRIP INTO THE MIRROR WORLD on September 12, 2023. #Doppelganger #NaomiKlein

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Anatoly Kuznetsov’s "Babi Yar," about the Nazi occupation of Kyiv, was censored and then forgotten. But in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it has become painfully relevant again, George Packer writes: https://t.co/Xw1sUh1AiN