Adam Morgan
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Culture journalist @Esquire & elsewhere. Writing A DANGER TO THE MINDS OF YOUNG GIRLS ( @onesignalpub / @atriabooks ). Repped by @nedlovesbooks .
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Some exciting personal news I've dreamed of sharing for years:
I'm writing a book about Margaret C. Anderson's literary battles in Chicago, New York, and Paris! I'm so happy
@nedlovesbooks
found a perfect home for it with
@nick_ciani
at
@OneSignalPub
/
@AtriaBooks
. 🎉🎉🎉
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When you turn 35, you should win an itemized list of all the people you didn't realize were flirting with you in your 20s.
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Re-reading Wuthering Heights is a great reminder that 150 years ago, if you, say, sprained an ankle at a neighbor's house, you just lived there for five weeks until it healed.
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Just remembered when my high school changed the dress code to forbid "non-human-colored hair," and this girl showed up with neon-pink braids the next day, and when they tried to send her home her mom said "I'm her colorist and I am in fact human."
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do you ever fantasize about living in When Harry Met Sally's autumn in New York forever
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We need to start calling this what it is: executive theft. Vice was valued at $5.7 billion in 2017 and its c-suite has been paying itself six-figure *bonuses* as recently as LAST YEAR. Now they can't afford employees or a website? Theft.
In a memo to staff, Vice CEO Bruce Dixon announces hundreds of layoffs and that the company will no longer publish on Vice dot com. He also says VMG is in advanced talks to sell Refinery29.
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sex is great but have you ever opened a book with a map in the front
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I am obsessed with the Myst-like design of this structure near Raleigh, NC — but wait until you see what's inside (thread for surprise).
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It's a walk-in camera obscura. A pinhole in the roof creates an inverted image of the tree canopy and projects it onto the interior.
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[titles if Moby-Dick were published today]
riverhead: Whalesong
scribner: All the Boats You Never Sailed, And One You Did
tor: Bones & Ambergris (Book 1 of 5)
coffee house: Macrocephalus
mcd x fsg: Sperm Oil
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"we didn't know it was a Nazi symbol"
"we didn't know about Juneteenth"
"we didn't know about Tulsa"
"we didn't know about Jacksonville"
"it was a sheriff badge, not a star of david"
these assholes know exactly what they're doing, every time.
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Somehow I went 38 years without watching Terrence Malick's DAYS OF HEAVEN (1978) and now I'll be thinking about it for the rest of my life.
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No SoundCloud, support your libraries, independent bookstores, and independent theaters.
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For
@esquire
, I flew out to Utah and spoke with Brandon Sanderson about why he wants to change the publishing industry, the future of the Cosmere, and that viral WIRED profile.
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Apropos of nothing, here's a list of 74 publications that pay freelancers (to write about books) that
@ChelseaLeu
and I put together last year.
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you know that thing during the holidays where you're so far removed from your daily routine that you literally forget who you are and then spend most of january rebuilding your sense of self from scratch or is that just me
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As an experiment, what are the first words that come to mind when you hear "Charlotte"?
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✨Update:✨ Here's an exhaustive list of 72 publications that currently pay freelancers for book reviews, author interviews, etc.
I collaborated with the wonderful
@ChelseaLeu
to build this + an even more detailed list for
@bookcritics
, coming soon!
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The problem is I want to read more books than a person is capable of reading.
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@jerrysaltz
Also "a dead guy said it first, argue with him" is a pretty senseless response to criticism.
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She misheard us say "in-person school" and we can't bring ourselves to correct her.
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This week in Ted Chiang Or Real Life, astronomers found something in space that's been lighting up every 22 minutes since 1988 (!) and the list of known, naturally occurring things it could be is "precisely zero."
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Some personal news!
Today I'm launching
@ChicagoLiterary
— an open-source, online library dedicated to Chicago literature, printing, and publishing from 1837 to today.
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I'm alive between October 1 and December 24 in ways I am not the rest of the year.
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✨Editors and writers!✨ I'm compiling an exhaustive list of publications that currently pay freelancers for books coverage (reviews, interviews, features, essays).
Reply with any you know to help me build the list! 👇🏻
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I wonder how many people would have died if Jonas Salk had charged $3,120 for the polio vaccine instead of giving it away for free.
Gilead's coronavirus treatment remdesivir to cost $3,120 per U.S. patient with private insurance
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How to pitch a book review — here's a quick guide for freelance book critics if you aren't sure how to pitch paid publications. (thread)
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Imagine writing a book so successful they sell it at the top of Sears Tower 20 years later.
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loving New York isn't a personality but loving Chicago IS
*a dozen unfollows*
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Over at
@Esquire
, I agonized over the 50 best fantasy books of all time. How many have you read?
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When Gwendolyn Brooks was 16 years old, her New Year's resolutions were pretty ****ing intense.
#poetry
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I will be wearing face masks in airports for the rest. Of my life.
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@mollymcghee
Whyyyyy would he have such a limited definition?!!!! There are literally entire books about PTSD that have nothing to do with war trauma.
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What's the most beautiful room you've ever seen with books in it?
Hard to beat
@bostonathenaeum
for me.
(📷Steve Dunwell)
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If you have a book coming out between January 2022 and June 2022, I want to hear about it!
Writers, publicists, editors, publishers, all welcome. Planning some pitches and coverage.
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What's happening to Twitter is shitty for a lot of people, for a lot of reasons. But I can't imagine being a writer with a book coming out this month, especially one who spent years building an organic network of friends and colleagues on this website.
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What's the last TV series you were *obsessed* with and couldn't stop watching? Scripted, unscripted, streaming, broadcast, anything goes.
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I get a lot of emails from people who want to understand Chicago's literary scene — either because they're moving here, or because they're curious about the city's current renaissance. Since this is my last full week in Chicago, I thought I might share a few things. (thread)
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While researching my work-in-progress, I was looking at an 1893 map of Chicago and wondered what the circular, red and white, circus-tent-looking things were below.
I found the answer in Rand, McNally's "Bird's Eye View of Chicago". (1/3)
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I've fantasized about turning this into a bookstore for years.
(Krause Music Store facade, Louis Sullivan, 1922, Lincoln Square, Chicago)
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We said goodbye to Sadie today after 15 years, a very long and happy life for a 45-pound pup. Thanks to all of you who shared advice when I asked for help last week.
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Where in Chicago would you take an out-of-towner to help them fall in love with the city?
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What are the best narrative nonfiction books you've ever read? I'm especially interested in works that utilize scene, suspense, place, and strong characterization.
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Did every millennial protestant kid watch all 6 hours of this on TNT every Easter or was that just in my house.
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We converted our spare bedroom into a Chicago-themed home library.
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"bellies are kinda like pillows that have blood in them."
—my 4yo
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One time I tweeted "most books would be better if they were a little shorter" and people wanted me to die.
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So we're turning our spare room into a Chicago-themed home library and here's a sneak peek.
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1893 was...not a great year to be a woman who writes books.
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I'd like to see fewer "best books" previews and more "weird books I am personally most excited for" previews.
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In my 2024 Culture Outlet Survey, I asked critics (and a few readers) which publications have the best books coverage.
Here's Tier 1, outlets chosen by 40% or more of the respondent pool as “interesting and reputable.”
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The way people on Parks and Rec feel about Lil Sebastian is exactly the way people in Chicago feel about the holiday train.
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Best weird little book you read this year? I need to knock out 10-12 before January.
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it is about 10x more difficult to place a book review or critical essay today than it was just three years ago
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I'd pay top dollar for a novel set here.
The town of Whittier, Alaska, is known for having nearly the entire population living in a single apartment building.
The building is called Begich Towers, a 14-story apartment complex that houses about 90% of the town's residents (total: 272). This has earned Whittier the
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What novels have the most insane, holy-shit-did-that-just-happen endings?
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What books are you most excited for in 2024? I'm putting together a big preview. Feel free to plug your own (or your writer's/client's).
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According to my zillow research these are the best Chicago home libraries currently on-sale by super-rich people who probably haven't read any of their books.
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Tell me some of the best books you read this year and tag the author to spread the love!
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Is it evil to be fond of Barnes & Noble? Like a medium-heavy nostalgia-driven crush?
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This tweet brought to you by
@LBardugo
's NINTH HOUSE, which opens with this gorgeous map of Yale.
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What are the best books you've read this year? I don't care when they were published.
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This might be the worst lede I've ever seen in a book review.
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For
@esquire
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What's your favorite thing you published this year? Give me a link! Story, book, poem, you name it.
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How many of you would follow and read a "Southern Review of Books" devoted solely to covering books about/set in the South?
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If you're a literary person who hasn't been reading the books coming out of Chicago over the past 3-5 years, you're missing something historic and spectacular.
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Absolutely thrilled to share that a dream of mine has come true!
Welcome to the Southern Review of Books — a new online media publication from
@QueensMFA
and
@adamm0rgan
! Visit us at
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Not sure which surprised me more, this aquarium in his underground lair or the fact that he has a staff of 64 people.
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anybody else have a recurring dream where it turns out you didn't actually graduate from high school and have to go back and finish a few courses and for some reason you're 35 but everyone you went to school with is still there and still 17
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Would y'all read a gothic horror novel about a 19th-century trans governess who realizes upon arriving at an isolated, labyrinthine estate in the Blue Ridge Mountains that the children she's come to care for aren't human? Asking for a friend.
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Have you ever physically thrown a book in frustration? Which one?
I threw John Fowles's THE MAGUS across the room after the last page.
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We bought a house today near Durham, NC and my wife painted it. 😭
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People who rave about Christmas in New York: have you ever tried Chicago? Everyone under 30 leaves for the burbs and it's magical.
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