Erik Larson

A great history of a devastating hurricane and of US meteorology at the time.

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To David Muir: my god, tonight’s so-called news. What are you doing?

See you there!

Ad for the Tucson Festival of Books featuring Renata Keller

So excited/giddy to return to my hometown to share The Fate of the Americas at the Tucson Festival of Books! Can't believe I'll be at the same event as Salman Rushdie, TJ Klune, Yuyi Morales, @exlarson.bsky.social, @alixeharrow.bsky.social, + more! (1/2)
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Unfortunately.

Pictured: Someone who actually won a Nobel Peace Prize

Delighted that the paperback edition of "Demon of Unrest" will launch on March 10, 2026, with a tour to follow:

For the record, Isaac's Storm is still my wife's favorite. As she keeps reminding me.

Good morning, from eastern Long Island.

‘60 Minutes’ story shelved by Bari Weiss streamed in Canada — and instantly spread across the web | CNN Business CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss decided to shelve a planned “60 Minutes” story titled “Inside CECOT,” creating an uproar inside CBS, but the report has reached a worldwide audience anyway.

God bless the Internet (sometimes).

www.cnn.com/2025/12/22/m...

Lefse! Man that takes me back.

My wife captured this image of a gust of wind stirring the newly snow-dressed trees outside our NYC apartment just a few moments ago.

"....we should do something about it." That's as clear a summons for his loyalists to do harm as any Trump has issued thus far.

The Penny Dies at 232

Nice story in today's NYT, p. 1, about the demise of the penny. Well done; written with a good deal of charm.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...

Pentagon’s largest warship enters Latin American waters as US tensions with Venezuela rise USS Gerald R Ford’s arrival marks the largest US military presence in the region since the invasion of Panama in 1989

I wish someone would remind Hegseth and Trump that small conflicts have a way of becoming big and nasty wars very quickly. Can't imagine what would have happened if we'd had these amateurs in charge during the Cuban Missile Crisis. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump was right. New York City is a hellscape of criminal savagery. (Spotted today at Lexington Ave and E. 107th.)

Congratulations to all!
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Thanks for sending. People found remnants of the ship for years afterward, but for this jacket to reach the Delaware River? Remarkable.

Thank you!

At last one of my books has made it to the big-ish screen! (Ethan Hawke in "The Lowdown;" see shelf behind.)

Not sure what "premise" you think I'm accepting. I agree completely, especially with your last line. Well put, by the way.

Just arrived at Union Station in Washington, DC. Troops on patrol in one of the safest spots in the city. At least they’re not wearing masks. Must be incredibly boring: aimlessly walking streets already patrolled by multiple federal police agencies, Amtrak police, and the DC metro cops.

I'm headed to DC today. Curious to see how the city feels under occupation.

Thank you.

Wow. Are you re-reading it? If so you may not be able to sleep.

Going to DC on Friday. Never been to an occupied city. I feel like William Shirer:

So often in my research I come across tiny little mysteries that have zero relevance to what I'm working on, but are compelling nonetheless. Eg this, from the London Times, Sept. 5, 1871.

Ha. Love it.

Good to know! I'm in good company. Bunch of my favorites here: Bryson, Mankell, Nesbo, Atkinson, and Maj S. and Per W. (Martin Beck remains my favorite detective.)

French MEP demands the US 'give us back the Statue of Liberty' A French member of the European parliament has called for the US to return the Statue of Liberty originally gifted by the French people to mark the centennial of American independence because the US…

"We're going to say to the Americans who have chosen to side with the tyrants, to the Americans who fired researchers for demanding scientific freedom: 'Give us back the Statue of Liberty. We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despise it.'"