David Laskin

writer, traveler, gardener, alum Harvard College and New College Oxford, author of The Family

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I observed the start of the Jubilee in Rome by visiting and writing about the Eternal City's oldest churches. Read about my trip in the NY Times https://t.co/H5qRYdEoc2

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In case you feel in need of a sip of cool fresh mountain spring water -- or want to take a deep dive into one of Rome's fabled aqueducts: https://t.co/oHWgLoKEUU

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@octopus_grigori Love both of those. I once exchanged a few letters with her years ago. Not familiar with the Liszt bio. She had an amazing life!

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My first trip to Rome since the pandemic was a kind of pilgrimage to sacred places. https://t.co/PJ162Ukc3T

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I just finished The Street by Ann Petry https://t.co/17EFB3OHpv and I am shaken to my bones. The story of a single mother in Harlem in the 1940s, it is one of the most powerful, distilled, and wrenching novels I have ever read. It's a good way to honor #BlackHistoryMonth

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Seattle is back -- and I'm back in the @nytimes . This piece was super fun to research and write. https://t.co/bJYNuTNVNt

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@octopus_grigori I totally agree. I even sent him fan mail!

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Thanks @ChristalACoope1 for running this very cool blog post about the origins and evolution of my novel "What Sammy Knew" -- I love how it came out! https://t.co/ymMoyWft2W

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#292 Inside the Emotion of Fiction WHAT SAMMY KNEW by David Laskin
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I'm proud that my first novel "What Sammy Knew" will be issued in Penguin paperback next week. Tumultuous history -- both personal and national -- shaped the narrative, as I discuss in this blogpost about my research process. https://t.co/sUSxg1vuxX

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The Overstory by Richard Powers felled me with its power, beauty and scope. Powers just published a deeply moving new novel called Bewilderment. Here is my review in the @seattletimes https://t.co/mVN5biVUSH

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Very impressed with this highly learned analysis of Afghanistan's long fraught history with imperial powers written by @laskin (yes my daughter!). https://t.co/vfnJii872L

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My friend @LyndaVMapes has beautifully captured the historic return of the Nez Perce to their homeland near Joseph, OR. Thanks for the wonderful reporting! https://t.co/Ur4aKvOSQa

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Mary Ann Gwinn @gwinnma is a Seattle literary treasure and I'm thrilled and honored that she will be interviewing me (via Zoom) about my novel What Sammy Knew on May 27 at 7 PM PDT. Click here to register -- https://t.co/qx1QWhaGIV

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Wise words from an Israeli trauma surgeon on finding unity in crisis: "everything that is beautiful and possible" in a violence-torn Israel. https://t.co/wSaK6QP0SI

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So good to see local friends with new books in this time of renewal and reaquaintance: @davidlaskin’s “What Sammy Knew,” @mizkatelebo’s “Book of Difficult Fruit,” David Williams’ “Homewaters,” and @LyandaHaupt’s forthcoming “Rooted.” What a bountiful season!

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I love this interview with @marionwinik in Long Island's great Newsday. Proud to be a Great Neck native! https://t.co/MAK3J869M2 via @Newsday

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I evidently broke new ground in What Sammy Knew. Thanks @EveRotman for the great story. https://t.co/slyF4dIcSi

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Congrats to my pal @geologywriter on his forthcoming book Homewaters. David B. Williams does enjoy discovering stuff as you'll see in this excerpt from the book https://t.co/fCd22xpwDU

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I'm really proud of this review of my novel What Sammy Knew in @NYJournalofBook. "Fresh and entertaining...holds our interest to the last page." Sweet! https://t.co/poXOt5ggkK