MAD MEN is the #1 show of the century, probably all-time. Unparalleled depth, performances, themes, emotions; the best drama that is also somehow the best comedy. I know this; you know this; your mom knows this. We don't have to be babies who pretend otherwise.
idk if folks still do ~professional news~ on here but i've been promoted to senior news editor at @PublishersWkly! open as ever to tips, pitches, and industry gossip over coffee.
the millions is still on editorial hiatus, but the lists endure—here are 130+ anticipation-worthy summer reads (personally most excited about the emily eakin, meaghan beatley, shiva naipaul, & brian dillon) https://t.co/KQa9eHZPUX
The magazine editor Margaret C. Anderson was crucial to one of the U.S.’s first literary-obscenity trials, and introduced Americans to some of modernism’s most important writers. Why has she been forgotten? @smswrites on a new biography of Anderson: https://t.co/JbhgVBzXQT
I wrote about books I loved recently for @The_Millions -- all delightful New York history, including @jonathanmahler "Gods of New York" and finally reading the Power Broker https://t.co/zkQ9sN5Zdg
When the folks at The Millions told me that I had a mere 250 words to talk about my “year in reading” I tried to use my bio to sneak in a couple of extra recommendations. “James Webster also enjoyed…” but they saw straight through it :(
Anyway,
asked some very smart folks about the books they read this year—they did not disappoint!
a (slightly abbreviated) year in reading 2025 is here: https://t.co/1dcpgy3QI0