Eskor David Johnson

Writer. Trinidad + NYC.

[The Believer @believermag]

Get ready for our spring issue! We’ll have essays by @joel_whitney, Kristin Keane, @sqorio, and Adalena Kavanagh; interviews with @suzzannescanlon, @authenticdelroy, and @likaluca; @noahhawley in conversation with @TheRealJasonSch; poetry by Ocean Vuong; and so much more.

[Eskor David Johnson @sqorio]

Writing is silly because sometimes I’ll drop a bar on the page and be like I can’t WAIT until everyone reads this in three years

[Kirkus Reviews @KirkusReviews]

.@nypl revealed the five finalists for its Young Lions Fiction Award, given each year to a book by an author aged 35 or younger: @NK_Adjei, C Pam Zhang, @thisisejkoh, @magnoliasnmud, and @sqorio. The winner of this year’s prize will be announced June 13. https://t.co/iSa61Ak7hs

[E. J. Koh 고은지 @thisisEJKoh]

To be a part of this group—@NK_Adjei, @sqorio, @magnoliasnmud, C Pam Zhang. Congratulations to the finalists. Thank you to the judges—@nycnovel, @CaoilinnHughes, Zain Khalid.

https://t.co/hSQ2iztw5N

[Shelbi Polk @shelbipolk]

Loved interviewing @NK_Adjei @sqorio and @magnoliasnmud last year, so I'm so dang glad to see these books all getting their due! Congrats all of y'all!

https://t.co/EOaFKE9WBB

[DGA @DGALitAgents]

Such super news for Eskor David Johnson @sqorio and his brilliant book PAY AS YOU GO.

[McSweeney's @mcsweeneys]

We are so pleased to announce @sqorio is a finalist for the Young Lions Fiction Award from the @nypl for his book Pay As You Go https://t.co/tg5Nm4ro5L

[NY Public Library @nypl]

We just announced the finalists for the 24th annual Young Lions Fiction Award, honoring the works of five talented young authors!

Congratulations @NK_Adjei, @magnoliasnmud, @sqorio, @thisisEJKoh & C Pam Zhang.

→ 2024 Young Lions Fiction Award Finalists
https://t.co/3CgWgJTziV

[Los Angeles Review of Books @LAReviewofBooks]

Eskor David Johnson considers "American Fiction": "Whether its participants intend to or not, the very presence of a white-centered market comes to dominate the imaginations of those who live and work within it." https://t.co/WRyhe2hkoc

[Eskor David Johnson @sqorio]

Hi all,

I wrote about American Fiction and the limits imposed on Black art for the LA Review of books:

https://t.co/Ny7bNUNhL5

[Eskor David Johnson @sqorio]

“Sports are like life, and American sports are like American life.”

I wrote about Sha'Carri, Instant Replay, and the dangers of being ruled by the rules.

https://t.co/N0IOOuDUBp

[Eskor David Johnson @sqorio]

“Remember when comedians used to shut the fuck up? Me neither.”

I wrote about comedians having to toe the fine line of societal taste and bombastic disregard, the ones who succeed, and the ones who complain when they fail.

https://t.co/vyX4cZtDL0

[a @lolennui]

this looks like a commercial for anxiety medication

[Eskor David Johnson @sqorio]

Hi all,

I wrote about why I think “People of Color” is an awful term here on Medium: https://t.co/S9o6Zir9vV

Happy #JuneTeenth!

[Marques Brownlee @MKBHD]

Great now do the whole system

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Here’s my statement on today’s violence at the Capitol.

[Eskor David Johnson @sqorio]

Weekends are just two Sundays now

[Eskor David Johnson @sqorio]

Atlanta

[Eskor David Johnson @sqorio]

The Vacant King

[Eskor David Johnson @sqorio]

The World Cup is the best idea humans have ever had