Brendan Wolfe

Writer, editor, genealogist. Iowan.

[Brendan Wolfe @brendanwolfe]

@jtuckermartin I was just old enough to remember the last Final Four in 1980. When Lute Olsen then left for Arizona my mom was devastated

[Dwight Garner @DwightGarner]

It seems like only yesterday that nearly every American newspaper, dozens and dozens of them, even in mid-size cities, ran book reviews by local critics.

The alt-weeklies (I wrote for many of them) were everywhere and had feisty and boisterous book sections.

Time, Newsweek and other weeklies had serious critics who mattered to the conversation.

All this is gone.

The stamping out of the Washington’s Post’s excellent book section - one of the last standing - ends an era. It’s a turning point in America's literature, which can’t thrive without serious and ardent criticism - aka public talk, back and forth, between competing voices, in something like real time.

The silence out there is good for no one. Gloom suddenly feels like eclipse.

[Kimberly Ross @SouthernKeeks]

It’s quite simple:

1. Family history is worth knowing, preserving, and passing on.

2. It does not grant moral authority, superiority, or a higher claim to being “American.”

The end.

[Wrigley Field @ofcwrigleyfield]

Rest easy, old friend.

[Matt Eurich @MattEurich]

ABC News just confirmed he's a Cubs fan

[Matthew Zeitlin @MattZeitlin]

is this him....

[Jimmy Fay @Jimifay]

I once met Michael Longley & we talked intensely about our shared love of Bix Beiderbecke & early Jazz. He barely knew me but made me feel special. He did what all genius’ do he made something ordinary extraordinary, the wet spring air became full of cosmic significance. Legend.

[Brendan Wolfe @brendanwolfe]

I've known him most of my life and he was a good man. May he rest in peace

[Des Moines Register @DMRegister]

Former US Rep. Jim Leach, who represented Iowa in Congress for 30 years, dies at 82 https://t.co/U4agaJG0cX

[The Sporting News @sportingnews]

Gus Johnson lost his voice on this call 😂

🎥: @CFBONFOX

[Brendan Wolfe @brendanwolfe]

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[Mark Titus @clubtrillion]

Whatever the circumstances, Tony Bennett will be missed dearly in college bball. Whether you liked his style of play (I did) or not, he was all class and a great ambassador for a sport that's full of bad actors and far too often lends itself to cynicism. Here's to God's Plan.

[Jim Koenigsberger @Jimfrombaseball]

“He’s listed as day to day, but then again, aren’t we all?”
Vin Scully

[Faber Books @FaberBooks]

The trailer for Small Things Like These, based on the novel by Claire Keegan.

Small Things Like These, starring Cillian Murphy, is in cinemas November 1. @LionsgateUK

https://t.co/isWZzvGfHe

[UVA Press @uvapress]

Today is the #pubday for "Lynching in Virginia: Racial Terror and Its Legacy", edited by @GianlucaJS, with an afterword by W. Fitzhugh Brundage.

#readUP @JmuJustice

https://t.co/AHTUGDA1uq

[Brendan Wolfe @brendanwolfe]

Really excited to be a part of this. Thanks to @GianlucaJS and @uvapress for making it happen

[UVA Press @uvapress]

Today is the #pubday for "Lynching in Virginia: Racial Terror and Its Legacy", edited by @GianlucaJS, with an afterword by W. Fitzhugh Brundage.

#readUP @JmuJustice

https://t.co/AHTUGDA1uq

[Brendan Wolfe @brendanwolfe]

@ScoutRipley Never!

[Art Candee 🍿🥤 @ArtCandee]

Remember Otto Warmbier?

The American college kid who was imprisoned in North Korea in 2016?

In June 2017, he was released by North Korea in a vegetative state and died 6 days after coming home.

That was Trump’s failure with hostages.

Trump didn’t blame dictator Kim Jong Un for this, either.

Donald continues to praise him to this day.

Shameful.

[Brendan Wolfe @brendanwolfe]

@StreetlightMag Looks like your site is down

[Brendan Wolfe @brendanwolfe]

Both of my schools!

[Danny Neckel @DNeckel19]

Retweet if your school has been ranked #1 in the AP poll for football, men's basketball, and women's basketball in their history.

[Brendan Wolfe @brendanwolfe]

@IrishLitTimes Confessions of an Irish Tease