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How @tomjunod.bsky.social draws a profound portrait of a character in just 12 words in his new autobiography, IN THE DAYS OF MY YOUTH (@doubledaybooks.bsky.social) — in this week’s installment of The Next Sentence. Plus, a prompt to try it yourself. open.substack.com/pub/erinlmcc...
Bring Your Characters to Life in 12 Words or Less
"She's famous for this, her worry—her talent for letting her worry do all the work of love" —Tom Junod
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Be sure to check out this important new book, excerpted here in the Microdose: The psychedelic toad milkers - by Kimon de Greef themicrodose.substack.com/p/the-psyche...
The psychedelic toad milkers
Following toad poachers across the Sonoran Desert
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"The man ground the glands of 10 cane toads into a paste, added lime water and ash, then boiled the mixture overnight." The fascinating and mostly wrong history of the psychedelic toad: longreads.com/2026/08/04/p... @doubledaybooks.bsky.social
Magical Mystery Toads - Longreads
The long, tangled, and mostly wrong history of the psychedelic toad.
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26 books, but have I ever had artwork this breathtaking to go with a review of one of my books? Unlikely! Thank you Boston Globe, thank you Kate Tuttle, thank you Marion Winik, and thank you Sara Lee. Gobsmacked and grateful. Link to full review in my bio here: tinyurl.com/yaf5tr9d
Us: Please don't let The Harlem Trilogy be over.... Apple TV: On it. Big news for @colsonwhitehead.com from @variety.com variety.com/2026/tv/news...
Colson Whitehead’s ‘Harlem’ Trilogy TV Show in Development at Apple (EXCLUSIVE)
Apple TV is in development on a series based on Colson Whitehead's 'Harlem' trilogy, including 'Harlem Shuffle,' 'Crook Manifesto' and 'Cool Machine.'
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"THE EGO TRIP by @kimondegreef.bsky.social reveals how a fabricated origin story, a self-styled guru and a powerful psychedelic combined to launch a global phenomenon." www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com
The Toad Medicine Boom Was Built on a Myth
Kimon de Greef’s The Ego Trip reveals how a fabricated origin story, a self-styled guru and a powerful psychedelic combined to launch a global phenomenon.
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"Washington ended his presidency with the most radical thing a powerful man could do in 1797, which was to simply go home." Listen to H.W. Brands talk about his new book, AMERICAN PATRIARCH on the History Unplugged Podcast: www.parthenonpodcast.com/history-unpl...
Washington’s Power Went Beyond President or General – He Was a Full-Fledged Patriarch - History Unplugged Podcast - Scott Rank
Washington was the perfect man for an impossible moment — aristocratic enough to command the respect of erudite founders like Hamilton and Jefferson, y...
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Including the final book in @colsonwhitehead.com's Harlem Trilogy, COOL MACHINE!!
Barack Obama@barackobama.bsky.social · last wk.It’s that time of year again: here are some of the books I’ve enjoyed this summer. If you’ve read any good ones, let me know!
"In their new book STOLEN REVOLUTION [authors @yjtorbati.bsky.social and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin] trace the massive changes Iran's political economy has undergone since the revolution" and discuss the impacts today with @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
Watch How the Iranian Economy Actually Works - Bloomberg
After the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the country's new leaders — religious and political — promised to redistribute the country's wealth and made moves to make Iran independent from western influence...
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Introducing... the INSTANT New York Times Bestseller! Thank you, readers, for joining Ray Carney for one last heist. 💥💎 COOL MACHINE by @colsonwhitehead.com is now available, wherever books are sold.
Coming to you on August 11: The paperback edition of TONIGHT IN JUNGLELAND. And how about that delightful blurb on the cover? @doubledaybooks.bsky.social @brucespringsteen.net #tonightinjungleland
"He’s a chronicler of New York City, crafting rhapsodies to that near magical machine that chugs and churns along despite everything, through a mire of impossibility." @lithub.com.web.brid.gy on reading ALL of @colsonwhitehead.com - lithub.com/what-i-learn...
What I Learned from a Close Read of All of Colson Whitehead’s Work
Colson Whitehead is a transitional figure in literary history, one of the literati of the post-Toni Morrison era, trained at elite schools (Trinity School, Harvard), highly attuned to nuances of ra…
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"With his keen eye and remarkable prose, Whitehead explores the circumstances and motives of his characters, revealing how the truth might be buried under layers of hidden experiences." -@csmonitor.bsky.social on COOL MACHINE by @colsonwhitehead.com www.csmonitor.com/Arts-Culture...
July’s best books range far and wide
Our reviewers’ 10-plus favorites include Colson Whitehead’s Harlem Trilogy finale, plus investigations into Nigeria’s romance scammers and the Nord Stream sabotage.
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FREE ONLINE EVENT: Thursday, August 20 "Finding the Funny in Hard Times: Exploring the science of well-being — live." with @chrisiduffy.bsky.social, author of HUMOR ME: ggsc.berkeley.edu/what_we_do/e...
Finding the Funny in Hard Times
Join a live conversation with comedian, author, and podcaster Chris Duffy and GGSC’s Kelly Rafferty, Ph.D., exploring humor not as an escape from life’s challenges, but as a way through them.
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The Harlem Trilogy is a love-letter to NYC. "A Valentine with a body count." via @cnn.com @camanpour.bsky.social @colsonwhitehead.com www.cnn.com/2026/07/28/t...
‘A Valentine with a body count’: Colson Whitehead’s three-volume love letter to Harlem | CNN
Bianna Golodryga speaks to the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author on the release of “Cool Machine,” the final book in his blockbuster trilogy of New York-based crime novels
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Q: What words do you overuse? A: “Marginal,” “entrenched,” “booming,” “illicit.” Since writing about psychedelics, “radically” and “profoundly.” Kimon de Greef, author of THE EGO TRIP 📚, answers this week's Longreads Questionnaire: longreads.com/2026/07/28/q... @doubledaybooks.bsky.social
The Longreads Questionnaire, Featuring Kimon de Greef - Longreads
The Ego Trip author on the sea, the pull of South Africa, and how his ecology background shapes the stories he tells.
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"The final installment of Whitehead’s Harlem crime trilogy is full of heists, cultural shifts and nostalgia for 1980s New York, where excess and scarcity weigh on the city and its people with equal force." via @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/b...
6 New Books We Love This Week
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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Book Event! Join @giano.bsky.social, author of AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY, on 7/29 at Barjon's Books in Billings, MT. Learn More: barjonsbooks.com/calendar/aut...
Author Event: Giano Cromley tells a Bigfoot Adventure in his Debut Novel, American Mythology | Barjon's Books & Curiosities
Billings author Giano Cromley returns home with his debut novel, a Montana-set adventure about friendship, wonder, and the search for Bigfoot. American Myth ...
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Join @untappedny.bsky.social for a tour of NYC inspired by @colsonwhitehead.com's new book, COOL MACHINE. RSVP for the free event on 8/2 at 10am: www.untappedcities.com/harlem-trilo...
"The Harlem Trilogy: Cool Machine" Downtown Walking Tour
Celebrate the release of Colson Whitehead's new NYC-set novel, "Cool Machine," on a walking tour of Manhattan!
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Don't know which @colsonwhitehead.com book to read first? Presenting... www.newyorker.com/books/what-w.... Thank you, @newyorker.com
A Colson Whitehead Starter Pack
The final book in the author’s Harlem Trilogy is out now; read our recommendations from his œuvre.
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Congratulations to Stephanie Soileau! 🎉 Her epic debut novel, SHOULD THE WATERS TAKE US, has been longlisted for the 2026 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.
"First thing's first. If you haven't read the first two books in @colsonwhitehead.com's Harlem Trilogy, stop what you're doing and remedy that." www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re... @maris.bsky.social
The Maris Review, vol 114
The theme of this week is very simple: two of the hottest novels of summer 2026 What I read this week Famous Men by Julie Buntin "I was naive, but not so naive that I hadn't already heard this sto...
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"With the 3 books, there are 9 different stories. Some of them deal with great, grandiose themes, and some of them are more discreet and compact. I think there’s a lot to chew on if you decide to take this adventure on." @colsonwhitehead.com for The Harvard Gazette: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Colson Whitehead discusses new novel ‘Cool Machine’ — Harvard Gazette
The two-time Pulitzer winner breaks down the final installment of his trilogy featuring furniture salesman Ray Carney.
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"New York is Whitehead’s cradle and his muse." Read more on COOL MACHINE from bsky.app/profile/trib... www.theringer.com/2026/07/21/b... via @theringer.com.web.brid.gy
How to Die and Be Reborn in Colson Whitehead’s New York
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author opens up about midlife, the state of writing, and how his new book, ‘Cool Machine,’ makes sense of the world
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As @colsonwhitehead.com concludes the Harlem Trilogy, @roncharles.bsky.social asked the author what he'll miss most about Ray Carney... roncharles.substack.com/p/colson-whi...
Colson Whitehead’s Last Heist
“Cool Machine” bids farewell to Ray Carney in a witty, bloody, and unexpectedly moving finale to the Harlem Trilogy.
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When I decided to write my second novel in the third person, I was soon overwhelmed with the number of choices I needed to make. Then I read THE GARDEN (@doubledaybooks.bsky.social) by Clare Beams & realized—I might not have to choose. Read more: erinlmccoy.substack.com/p/writing-in....
Writing in the Third Person? It's Time to Break Some Rules
What Clare Beams's THE GARDEN teaches us about navigating the third-person point of view.
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This is a @colsonwhitehead.com fan account until further notice. “An American epic disguised as a heist novel… a modern masterpiece.” Thank you, @latimes.com url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/d0QaCW68vW...
Review: Is this the book of the year? Colson Whitehead’s Harlem trilogy meets its perfect, gritty end
The Pulitzer Prize-winner pivots to the 1980s in 'Cool Machine,' delivering a dazzling, humor-infused masterpiece that cements his Harlem trilogy as an American classic.
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COOL MACHINE is "a heavyweight New York novel. Whitehead cracks the city open like a crab and pulls out the meat." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/b... via @nytimes.com
Book Review: ‘Cool Machine,’ by Colson Whitehead
The final installment of his Harlem crime trilogy is full of heists, cultural shifts and nostalgia for 1980s New York.
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"Like a criminal landing the ultimate score, @colsonwhitehead.com rounds out his Harlem Trilogy with another urban masterpiece." COOL MACHINE is on sale tomorrow. Read the full review from @readbookpage.bsky.social www.bookpage.com/reviews/cool...
Book review of Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead
Like a criminal landing the ultimate score, Colson Whitehead rounds out his Harlem Trilogy with another urban masterpiece, Cool Machine.
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