SEE FRIENDSHIP is out today. The reception has been overwhelmingly nice (so far, at least), and it is semi-profound to have an entire novel out in the world, for people to read and hopefully think about. My book tour begins this week, and my dates are pinned here:

RT @jeremypgordon: I wrote about Hulk Hogan as a quintessentially American figure, the pitchman who ropes millions into his orbit through s….

RT @TheAtlantic: Hulk Hogan, who died yesterday at 71, sold audiences a brash, brawny version of American patriotism while unabashedly igno….

I wrote about Hulk Hogan as a quintessentially American figure, the pitchman who ropes millions into his orbit through sheer charisma—and sticks to his story even as the lies and misdeeds pile up

RT @hering_david: Favourite Pynchon gamer reference is in Vineland where he refers to Mario as “the deuteragonist of Donkey Kong”.

Bobby's arc in THE RETURN is so moving. Dana Ashbrook such an underrated part of this show. and this speech even nods to the title/themes of s3: "This was my first return, a reunion with the deepest wellsprings of my being.".

Nothing like reading a book while scrolling TikTok on the train ❤️.

RT @madmenpics: “The Summer Man” .(Season 4, Episode 8)

You hit play on the first Black Sabbath album and immediately understand why everything changed. Sort of unbelievable that a band who helped invent the concept of "heavy metal" in both identity and sound, in *1970*, isn't dated whatsoever.

RT @JaySmithisokay:

The SEE FRIENDSHIP tour continues: I'll be in Washington D.C. on July 30 at Politics and Prose, in conversation with my colleague Megan Garber. They're saying it'll be yet another specular evening of sparkling banter and fine-tuned insights

RT @lilypuckett: they’re doing tik tok summaries of n+1 now…….no generation is ever learning to read again.

This weekend, I'll be attending a friend's wedding to celebrate life and love, when really I should be at the Pitchfork Music Festival, beer in hand, half-listening to a band of 24-year-olds who got a 7.7 in 2023 and thinking, "Not bad. whoa, can's empty." It's fine, I guess.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, now that was a show — we used to make episodic ensemble television that slowly advanced an overarching plot and built character relationships while providing no shortage of compelling week-to-week hijinks, but not so much these days.

RT @lib_crusher: Dunno where to start on this one lol.

When I was a young man, and Barack Obama was president, you could log online every day and visit so many websites that published voicey and intelligent work of reasonable length, on a variety of interesting subjects, by dozens of early-to-mid-career writers. Today, not so much.

Carlos plays tennis like Dougie (imbued with primordial goodness, capable of savant-like transcendence); Jannik plays like Mr. C (evil).

Never seen a tennis final like this

RT @NYCMayor: Thank you for being brave enough to say it, Justin. It’s not clocking to a lot of people that we’re standing on business, ma….

Possibly the most beautiful rendition of the National Anthem I’ve ever heard at a sporting event.