Jerad W. Alexander

Writer. Author of VOLUNTEERS. Still here...

[Jerad W. Alexander @jerad_alexander]

And here it is... My first book will land in the world on November 9. I hope it lands well. I’m both nervous and excited. Writing is not easy, especially about yourself, and penning this book was certainly tough at times. But honestly… What a ride!

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Odysseus's crew eats one (1) hamburger...

The gods:

[Jerad W. Alexander @jerad_alexander]

I guess someone could make The Aeneid—the would actually be kinda rad—but I suspect Wilson would be none too happy with that one either…

[Aaron Gwyn @AmericanGwyn]

Emily Wilson, whose translation of THE ODYSSEY Nolan relied on heavily while writing his adaptation, posted this disoriented critique this morning. She’s proposing a kind of anti-ODYSSEY, captained by a narrative helmsman that would steer the story even farther off course.

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@AmericanGwyn @Bulkington___ DUDE! How do you feel about it so far?

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I finished a reread of this just today. An absolutely brutal, cutthroat novel. #crimefiction

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@PhilKlay I'm all in on Grant as our Thucydides. Nice link.

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Fudging the lines here a bit, but I stand by them…

Cramer, WHAT IT TAKES

Sheehan, A BRIGHT SHINING LIE

Spector, EAGLE AGAINST THE SUN

Catton, THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC TRILOGY

[Dan Salt @Danjsalt]

Best history book you've read

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Now this is rad. "Sinatra with a cold is Picasso without paint, Ferrari without fuel — only worse."

[Daniel Wortel-London @dlondonwortel]

Gay Talese’s “storyboard” for his immortal 1966 article “Frank Sinatra has a Cold” for @esquire

[JD Flynn @jdflynn]

buddy, I was writing 10 page papers without having read the book.

[Matt Welch @MattWelch]

And 62 days after that, the Soviet Union gave up.

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We all know what the *real* files are!

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This is probably my favorite of Philip Caputo’s work (so far)… A great novel about a war photographer in Vietnam and Lebanon. RIP.

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@AmericanGwyn If O’Neil knows anything, he knows how to be perennially exhausted.

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I love seeing @jordan_harper get a little NYT sunshine. I've been reading his work for awhile now, and every one has been an absolute banger.

https://t.co/4JQ3xBaaoc

[Oliver Traldi @olivertraldi]

Very much appreciate the New York Times calling on Hasan Piker and Jia Tolentino to give me the perspective of the non-rich.

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“A mind tutored by history and literature knows that actors in the grip of a sacred cause tend to mean what they say — and that bombing a founding myth is more likely to consecrate it than to dissolve it.”

https://t.co/AupObbzOYC via @NYTOpinion

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There are few redeeming qualities to this death-site, but one nice thing has been the great book rec’s. This one was absolutely beautiful:

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My latest...

https://t.co/u5m2ECJM4b

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For sale: Hot take, overcooked, stale.

(Anyway... Logging off for another month or more. I'll be wherever I am, which is infinitely better than here, it seems.)

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Watching this Trump UN speech, I don’t think it’s possible for a man to fellate himself more without actually removing a rib on stage…