Kirkus has the first review of my new Lewis and Clark book -- and it's a starred review! It praises the "vivid portraits" and "the inclusion of multiple Native points of view." I'm incredibly excited for the book's release in April. We'll have ARCs soon, so DM if you want one.

Print is back! Pick up your copy in the newsstand today!

Can't wait for this one!

one fun thing about reading old history books is that it's a great way to learn about the past — not the past the book is about, but instead the past the book was written in

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Thanks @time for choosing "Strangers in the Land" as one of your 100 Must-Read Books of 2025!

My piece on Amy Clampitt for @nybooks

Don't look away. @Atul_Gawande on "public man-made death."

My conversation with @blgtylr for @commonwealmag

Great, smart review by Adelle Waldman in the NYT today!! “Somers’s crisp writing makes for a humane, frequently funny and very readable novel that captures something not just about how we live now, but about choices, compromises, sacrifice, being a parent, getting older.”

theorized the earthen works were formed by a passing glacier or even the lost city of Atlantis. Most of the mounds were bulldozed 4 development. After 17 years, Osage Nation has acquired 1 of the remaining mound sites a short drive from the St Louis Arch.

This is outrageous. This should offend everyone, left, right and center…. Please remove me from your fundraising rolls @IndianaUniv - we’re done here.

The review even mentions preemption. What more could you ask for?

"A valuable fresh look at a storied moment in American history. . . . [Clark's] complex and evolving relationship with his enslaved 'body servant' York, who wins some measure of dignity and respect during the arduous two-year journey, is one of the book’s highlights."

I interviewed the great @baseballot for this story, which ran in 2019, and he said "it’s unlikely that a Democrat will win a statewide race in Indiana for the next 10 years." I agreed, but a lot has shifted, including the specifics of this race if Bayh and Morales do face off.

Story:

This is great news for anyone who wants to see competitive elections in Indiana. I wrote a long story about Birch and Evan Bayh -- which was also a story about how partisanship has changed Indiana -- and I'll link it in a reply. Beau is the next chapter in that story.

He’s running.

I loved Souvankham Thammavongsa's "Pick a Color," a short, searing novel that punches above its weight. Out today from @littlebrown. Here's my review for @washingtonpost:

For @ringer, @ManiLazic and I wrote about Kelly Reichardt's CERTAIN WOMEN -- the latest instalment of our 21st Century Cinema series