Thrilled that @theguardian.com has run this fantastic profile of @gilduran.com and his intrepid reporting on the hard right turn coming out of Silicon Valley-- his forthcoming THE NERD REICH is as gripping and urgent as they come, a staggering piece of writing that puts the bigger picture together

‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley

As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them

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If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future. The @theguardian.com just published an amazing piece about my book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy." Coming August 18! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley

As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them

theguardian.com

Happy publication day to DON'T BE EVIL, a hugely smart, engaging, and insightful memoir of big-tech conversion and subsequent awakening by organizer of the 2018 Google walkouts Claire Stapleton

Want to Fight Back Against Big Tech? Start Here. “Democrats cannot just ‘win the midterms’ and go back to life before Donald Trump and his army of tech bros upended our way of life,” writes @tressiemcphd.bsky.social gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...

Opinion | Want to Fight Back Against Big Tech? Start Here. (Gift Article)

A.I. is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy.

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extremely specific high of a client revision coming in, holy shit, so much better than you had even started to imagine when you gave your notes—that alchemical click

For those who missed it last week: Jasper Craven for The New Yorker is so, so good on the complex knot of Graham Platner's identity as a veteran, especially in the context of all that's come to light: www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...

The Complications of Graham Platner’s Veteran Identity

How much of Graham Platner’s behavior should be read through the lens of what combat did to him, and how much of it is simply who he is, independent of war?

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I can neither confirm nor deny that I spoke for several minutes today in our agency staff meeting about my theories on recent perceived changes to the Amazon bestseller ranking algorithm

Happy publication day to Joyce Maynard's IN WONDERLAND, a feverish summer coming of age story; a novel about obsession, privilege, and betrayal; and a damn gripping read by a master www.amazon.com/Wonderland-N...

I was sunning by the pool when the boxes arrived. And here in my hand is my life’s work: “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War On Democracy.” Coming 8/18. Pre-orders make a huge difference! Make a fascist sweat—pre-order today! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

there are a lot of really cool parts about this job, but one of the most electrifying is the kind of editing where you push at the walls of a project for long enough and then eventually find a door, and you get to step into the deeper chamber of the work

"What distinguishes NONSTOP BODIES... is that McDougall pays as much attention to the social and cultural context in which dancing occurs as he does to the more rarefied corners of high art...McDougall’s book is, among other things, a cri de coeur." www.newyorker.com/books/under-...

When Dance in New York Took Center Stage

A new history explores how the city’s commingling of popular forms and artistic experimentation shaped dance in the twentieth century.

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I would love to know if this is the same person & I would also love to know if I can buy this agent a drink

"America’s pitch today is not simply that the military is the ultimate proving ground for masculinity but that it is the best place for ameliorating all of men’s problems and desires" Such a smart essay from Jasper Craven for @thenation.com:

How the Military Mindset Has Crushed Our Country’s Men

I talked to troops and cadets about the kind of masculinity the military encourages. Its ripple effects on mental health are dire.

thenation.com

The most powerful way to fight the exhaustion of the Trump era was figured out decades ago. slate.trib.al/VN2pxaS

The Most Powerful Way to Fight the Exhaustion of the Trump Era Was Figured Out Decades Ago

This isn’t the first time there has been a crackdown on anything outside the “norm.”

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I suppose I should also say: now that I'm back from leave I'm opening to queries again, and eager to find some great new fiction and nonfiction. Please get in touch! (And also be patient with me, I am still experiencing email reentry.)

A joy to be back at my desk from maternity leave just in time for the publication of Rennie McDougall's NONSTOP BODIES, a cultural history of dance and New York that's as elegant, alive, engaging, and utterly fascinating as they come. Out today! www.abramsbooks.com/product/nons...

Couldn't be more excited to share @chaykak.bsky.social's next book, which asks what role our most piercing, powerful encounters with culture and beauty play in making us who we are, explores how we seek more of them, and looks at what we lose in a world where those experiences are increasingly rare

Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez

Happiest of publication days to this utterly singular, extremely good novel. An adventure story, an exploration of the rotten heart of the American frontier myth, a tender meditation on male friendship and making a family, and a truly freaky novel about alchemy and hunting a giant salamander.

Sheldon Costa@sheldoncosta.bsky.social · 9mo ago

My book The Great Work comes out today! Still can't quite believe this is a thing that is happening. Special thanks to my extremely talented editor @jesszimmerman.com and my wonderful agent @carolineeisenmann.bsky.social, both of whom were steadfast champions for this very weird novel.

a particular pleasure to be involved with this one as a member of the KYE/Sam fan club-- I am a huge admirer of the intellectual expansiveness, moral depth, electric prose and startling humor of his writing/thinking, and can't wait to experience that at book length on a perfect topic

ripping down a whole wing of the White House just feels a little TOO on the nose if I'm being honest

hard to convey how fucking cool it is to edit a really good writer, especially over the course of years/multiple projects: it's this conversation you're in with a mind that gets deeper and deeper, and still you're occasionally surprised by what comes out when you push them, where they can reach

The Great Work got a starred review from Kirkus 🥲 "Whether Gentle is a visionary or a drunk, whether the salamander is a creature of flesh or a shared delusion, and ultimately, the meaning of the mission is as much about human frailty and grace as the nightmares that stalk the page."

THE GREAT WORK | Kirkus Reviews

A shy young man joins his eccentric uncle on a wild hunt to kill a dragon and raise the dead.

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ok here's my nyc policy idea: create the post of Chief Weirdo. The job goes to an iconic freak whose job it is to maintain our world-leading weirdo levels. Curtis Sliwa can be the inaugural officeholder

I’m not certain I agree with Sliwa on virtually anything but I do have to respect how much he seems to hate Cuomo

Can world leaders have work-life balance? I traveled to Helsinki over the summer to find out. For this week's issue, I profiled Sanna Marin, the former "party girl" prime minister of Finland. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The Prime Minister Who Tried to Have a Life Outside the Office

As the thirtysomething leader of Finland, Sanna Marin pursued an ambitious policy agenda. The press focussed on her nights out and how she paid for breakfast.

newyorker.com

wow nothing like someone impersonating an editor fishing for a novel you have on sub to make you feel alive, I’m flattered Filippo 🥲

On the contrary this person has just been anointed and is now the pope, I'm hearing.

Katie Notopoulos@katienotopoulos.bsky.social · 11mo ago

to the art director at Wired who made this unholy image.... you will not see heaven www.wired.com/politics-iss...

Such an honor to work on this one, on so many levels-- it's a special project, and going to be a beautiful, incredibly thoughtful book.

Rachael King@rscar.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I'm so happy to finally share this news. This book is about how the past 9 years changed my ideas about family, community, and care, and how those ideas fit into a long history. Huge thanks to my agent @carolineeisenmann.bsky.social, who held my hand through much angst, and to my editor Abby Mohr.

sitting in the coffee shop in the lobby of one of NYC's major publishers with the agency submissions tracking doc open.......... living dangerously...........