Amy Waldman

Author of The Submission and A Door in the Earth. Former NY Times and Atlantic writer.

[Amy Waldman @amywaldman]

"Last winter, on a day that would reach 66 degrees by noon, I saw, on the wall of the Whitney Museum, a painting of snow...." An essay for @tmagazine on art and climate loss https://t.co/rzNmTHTgx5

[Pico Iyer @PicoIyer]

Fiction illuminates and deepens what the news only exclaims over, then simplifies. If you want to know what's happening in Afghanistan today, turn away from the latest excited report and open Amy Waldman's nuanced and unforgettable 2019 novel, A Door in the Earth.

[Juliette Kayyem @juliettekayyem]

Remarkable. @latimesbooks names @amywaldman "The Submission" as most enduring and best novel about 9/11. "Waldman, a former @nytimes reporter with a shrewd, subtle sense of satire, demands that artists be judged by their art."
Buy: https://t.co/s6V2T6Iohi

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[Hamid Shalizi @HamidShalizi]

It took tens of thousands of lives, hundred billions of dollars, four US Presidents, 20 years of ugly war, millions displaced to replace #Taliban with the Taliban

[Shaharzad Akbar شهرزاد اکبر @ShaharzadAkbar]

Grateful to have had the opportunity to write for @just_security on the responsibility of international community towards Afghan victims of war & Afghan demand for justice and accountability.

[Amy Waldman @amywaldman]

"the final hours of the lost war": In Afghanistan, an Unceremonious End, and a Shrouded Beginning https://t.co/vZsdQm0QHQ

[Amy Waldman @amywaldman]

This is not a photo of the end of America's war, even if it was taken on the last day. This is a photo of the war. This is what it looked like all along.

[Marcus Yam 文火 @yamphoto]

Jet fighters circle the skies of #Kabul as the U.S. withdrawal concludes, and family members attending a mass funeral for the 10 they say were killed in a U.S. drone strike – look up and weep as the roar of the jet engines never ends. #afghanistan

https://t.co/BxSHCpqqqr

[Mujib Mashal @MujMash]

I will be one of the mentors for the wonderful @AsiaSpeaks initiative for writers that @soniafaleiro started.

Applications for the next batch open on Sept. 1 here:

https://t.co/D3R475Fn1R

[Amy Waldman @amywaldman]

@EasterbrookG Thank you Gregg

[Gregg Easterbrook @EasterbrookG]

For anyone trying to understand the miasma in Afghanistan – I strongly recommend this 2019 book by @amywaldman. It’s a novel that has more wisdom and depth than all the shouting on TV combined.
https://t.co/8nJA2rIfTz

[Amy Waldman @amywaldman]

@isabelgillies @TheCleggAgency @NYTStyles Thank you @isabelgillies!

[Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell]

I look forward to the day when artists (of all types) take on the climate crisis with the same urgency and fearlessness as they did during the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and 90s.

[Peter Lattman @peterlattman]

This beautiful essay by @amywaldman partially explains the crushing volume of snow photos on my social media feeds today. https://t.co/RkesvvWk29

[Amy Waldman @amywaldman]

@maryforgione Thank you!

[Amy Waldman @amywaldman]

@MacDowell1907 I miss the snow at MacDowell; I was so glad to be there in February.

[Amy Waldman @amywaldman]

@LeighMueller17 These are great.

[Amy Waldman @amywaldman]

@GeorgesEAtallah Lovely.

[Amy Waldman @amywaldman]

@NinaBernstein1 Thank you, Nina!

[Amy Waldman @amywaldman]

@marklamster @laurenmechling @Thessaly Get out there and start painting!

[Amy Waldman @amywaldman]

@MortenHoiJensen Love this.