Jeremy Gordon
@jeremygordon.bsky.social
My novel SEE FRIENDSHIP is out now, I edit on the culture desk at the Atlantic, my newsletter is at http://jeremygordon.substack.com, and my website is at https://jeremygordon.xyz
Jon Ronson’s new book examines what’s behind the alienation of American men—and how some of them have given up on society altogether, @jeremygordon.bsky.social writes.
A Nation of Strange, Idle Men
Jon Ronson’s “The Castle” argues that men are giving up on society because they have nothing better to do.
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@jeremygordon.bsky.social is so right about how the book version of The Shards ruled, and how the TV adaptation is bad. And he didn’t even have to mention the embarrassing Shakespeare episode. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
A Great Novel Becomes a Bad Show
Don’t watch “The Shards.” Go read the book instead.
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There's a very insightful read of SEE FRIENDSHIP in this New Yorker essay on recent cultural depictions of male bonding; as a long-time lover of critical juxtaposition, it's a joy to be juxtaposed myself...
The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 3mo agoNew books, articles, and shows lament a crisis of connection among American men. But the picture of friendship that emerges can feel romanticized and brittle. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
We sent @skornhaber.bsky.social to talk with Vanilla Ice about celebrating America www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
Vanilla Ice Knows When America Was Great
To celebrate the country’s 250th birthday, the rapper wants to transport us to another decade.
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I'm painting an apartment for the first time today. I have the tools, I've watched the YouTubes. Nonetheless: What's something I absolutely need to know/do?
The Atlantic’s editors and writers have selected 25 books to suit every mood this summer. If you’re searching for a cult classic to obsess over this season, @jeremygordon.bsky.social recommends “The Suicides.” See more selections: theatln.tc/RfPgedPL
“Everyone, especially in South Sudan, wanted to know if the US really had cut off aid. It was easier for them to believe that the aid organizations were lying to them than to think that the United States would do this.”
Trump destroyed USAID. Now people are dying.
ProPublica’s Brett Murphy and Anna Maria Barry-Jester examine how America’s foreign aid cuts are threatening the survival of the world’s most vulnerable populations.
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“But people are the prism through which all this stuff, and much more beyond that, becomes real. Those reasons are sometimes locked away in a black box of bespoke logic, but I know they exist, even if I can’t personally connect with them.”
Jeremy Gordon@jeremygordon.bsky.social · 4mo agoI wrote a new Substack about some crazy stuff that happened to me, and also the band Geese: jeremygordon.substack.com/p/without-mo...
I wrote a new Substack about some crazy stuff that happened to me, and also the band Geese: jeremygordon.substack.com/p/without-mo...
Without moving, I'm not here
Subjects discussed: a formative personal experience, Asian-American literature, Geese
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"Di Benedetto’s writing lingers in the brain; to a receptive reader, it can feel like a secret handshake between dryly mordant minds." @jeremygordon.bsky.social recommends The Suicides for summer reading.
25 Sensational Books to Read This Summer
The Atlantic’s writers and editors have chosen fiction and nonfiction to match all sorts of moods.
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Really wonderful name coming out of the NFL Draft: Ephesians Prysock
Geese aren't really my thing, but it's no grand secret why an experimental, ambitious rock band composed of photogenic young Brooklynites might take off; if the audience-artist relationship could be so easily manufactured, the music industry would be very different
WIRED@wired.com · 6mo agoThe Brooklyn band Geese was labeled an “industry plant” by those who questioned its sudden ubiquity. Maybe it was. www.wired.com/story/geese-...
I went to a pro wrestling show in St. Paul and thought about the meaning of participation, among other things
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 6mo agoFew entertainments are as accommodating of fan sentiments as professional wrestling. When the crowd broke into an anti-ICE chant at a recent All Elite Wrestling show, it showed the possibilities, and the limits, of this relationship, @jeremygordon.bsky.social argues.
While packing for a flight, I unplugged my primary phone charger and, instead of putting it into my suitcase, left it on my bedroom floor. Fortunately, I remembered to pack my secondary phone charger.
There's so many video games where at some point you're prompted to explore a house, interacting with and reflecting on the meaning of various items. But I actually do live in a house where I regularly interact with and reflect on the meaning of various items, so let me be Spider-Man already.
Fortunately, Buffy is still incredible
Maddy Myers 🏳️🌈@midimyers.com · 7mo agoa lot of you haven't rewatched firefly recently and it shows, in the sense that you probably shouldn't rewatch it ever if you want to keep thinking it was good. it was a mass delusion that i also participated in but in my defense i hadn't started reading feminist blogs yet at the time.
SEE FRIENDSHIP was released one year ago today. Thank you to everyone who has read, or intended to read; I appreciate the support more than words alone can say, even from the haters and losers. For anyone on the fence: What better place than here? What better time than now?
Playing the new Rob Zombie and he’s still definitely doing this stuff
we reached the “no WMDs” phase in two days.
Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say
Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first, two people f...
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From @jeremygordon.bsky.social's SEE FRIENDSHIP: Love to crack open a tome of fiction and be whisked away to a fantasy world far, far from my own!
If you are in Baltimore, I’m talking with @somers.bsky.social about her excellent novel THE TEN-YEAR AFFAIR at Greedy Reads (the one on Remington) on Thursday night (that's tomorrow). Be there or be square:
I wrote about one part of my reaction to recent events: the importance and nuance of what it means to subscribe to something.
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 7mo agoEarlier this month, The Washington Post scuttled its Books section amid mass layoffs. Its former editor, @johnwilliams.bsky.social, on why he thinks the paper’s leaders are wrong about subscriber loyalty:
Really enjoyed @jeremygordon.bsky.social's SEE FRIENDSHIP. A poke in the ribs of an industry where you make your living in 900-word slices of context (that you might not actually understand) and Podcast as Lifeline, with a mystery that moves, a lot of heart and finding peace in the unknown.
I would never “fight through the tackle,” I’m going down immediately
Kid Rock is the only celebrity guest on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives—and I have watched *so* many episodes—who told Guy Fieri he didn't want to see how the food was made, and instead went to drink in the bar until it was time to eat. What can you do about such incuriosity?
An incredibly evocative piece of writing from @jeremygordon.bsky.social about a terrible, ecstatic moment
There's a star man, waiting in the sky
Subjects discussed: David Bowie, Andre Agassi, Marty Supreme
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smart, funny, and secondhand-panic-inducing distillation of the blog era by @jeremygordon.bsky.social jeremygordon.substack.com/p/theres-a-s...
There's a star man, waiting in the sky
Subjects discussed: David Bowie, Andre Agassi, Marty Supreme
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there are a handful of people who understand what the job looked like. it was exacting. it had no boundaries. it earned only scrutiny. there were panic-inducing shifts. @jeremygordon.bsky.social had one of those 10 years ago.
There's a star man, waiting in the sky
Subjects discussed: David Bowie, Andre Agassi, Marty Supreme
jeremygordon.substack.com
