Tod Goldberg

I don’t think that word means what you think it means.

We’re taking ONLY WAY OUT on the road!

Oh shit.

If I ever disappear in Arizona, please ask the FBI to not leave their used gloves in various ditches and culverts near the crime scene.

BREAKING: Kash Patel just had George Glass's home raided. Suspect arrested. News conference at the top of the hour.

Bondi was given her orders as to what her priority is.

This new Spotify feature where it talks shit to you? Not a fan.

How many people who watched the Melania movie sat in cuck chairs?

Making It Up with Tod Goldberg, author of Only Way Out

If you would like to take an hour off from this existential hellstorm, this conversation I had on Making It Up was/is entertaining. open.spotify.com/episode/3BKo...

Today, I was given Savannah Turnbull's Puschart Prize for her poem "Palimpsest" which appeared in the fall 1998 issue of the Crab Boat Quarterly in honor of stopping eight poems from being written.

Mysteries: ‘Huguette’ by Cara Black Plus “Only Way Out” by Tod Goldberg and “The Secret Sharers” by Qiu Xiaolong.

Huge thanks to the @wsj.com for this amazing review of Only Way Out! www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

Tomorrow at 4pm PST/ 7pm EST I'll be joined with my friend, the talented and prodigiously amusing @TodGoldberg.bsky.social, for the Southern California News Group's Bookish podcast featuring my upcoming Orphan X book, ANTIHERO.

Register here:
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Interview With an Author: Tod Goldberg Tod Goldberg is the New York Times bestselling author of sixteen novels, including the Gangsterland quartet: Gangsterland, a finalist for the Hammett Prize; Gangster Nation; The Low Desert, a Southwes...

The nice folks at the LAPL grilled me for hours! www.lapl.org/collections-...

Your mom is an unlikeable character.

I'm coming over to your house on Friday and I'm bringing @gregghurwitzbooks.bsky.social with me. Take out the good dishes.

"It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."

Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Here are his full comments:

A conversation with Tod Goldberg Writing, Vegas, crime: Tod and I talk through it all

Listen in on me and Maria Konnikova talking all things Las Vegas, criminal, and...dyslexic? I promise, it all makes sense. mariakonnikova.substack.com/p/a-conversa...

It was just five years ago today when it was revealed to most that those dudes you went to high school with who kept posting lunatic conspiracy theories 24/7 were, in fact, that fucking stupid.

When I'm not really paying attention in this Zoom meeting, please know it's not you, it's that I had to quietly weep in bed last night watching Train Dreams.

RIP Tiger, you were a real one.

YouTube video by OrliviaTheCat Jesse James Brady

You're sitting at home, thinking about your favorite historical outlaw, Jesse James. There's a knock on the door and your dad tells you there's someone here to see you. The man at the door is 85 years old. And he wants you to know: Jesse James killed his father: youtu.be/aw55xIGi7-k?...

It was just typo on the screen.

Thing is, turning on a Raider game with no context, this seems like a perfectly reasonable down & distance.

Mark Wahlberg has just optioned the amazing story of how one tough American liberated Venezuela's oil from tyranny. The Bostonian will tell the story of an American fighter pilot who stared down an entire country for Exxon's bottom line.

ONLY WAY OUT has been out for a month and I’ve been overwhelmed by the kind response from readers. I’ll be heading out to some festivals and doing some events in 2026. Hope to see you! a.co/d/fCT4agg

You know what's gonna be cool? Getting these dipshits out of power this year.

I keep meaning to sneak into one of these online book clubs to see what they say about Lee’s porn story…

The book The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer centered in the frame. In the background are a silver foil curtain, holiday lights, and white-and-blue holiday decorations. The book cover features an illustration of a couple and Jewish motifs such as a Star of David, a dreidel, and a menorah.

(pictured) Christmas at the Vinyl Cafe Stuart McLean Happiest Season Directed by Clea DuVall (pictured) It’s a Wonderful Life Directed by Frank Capra Murder at Holly House Denzil Meyrick (pictured) A Christmas Memory Truman Capote The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties Jesse Q. Sutanto Christmas with the Queen Hazel Gaynor (pictured) The Matzah Ball Jean Meltzer The Empty House Algernon Blackwood A Holly Jolly Diwali Sonya Lalli

The book The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto positioned on a table. Also on the table are a Christmas tree and other wooden decorations. The book cover shows six illustrated characters: a young couple in the foreground and four middle-aged aunties in the background.

Three Holidays and a Wedding Uzma Jalaluddin Merry Christmas, Baby Paula L. Woods (pictured) Midwinter Murder Agatha Christie Christmas People Iva-Marie Palmer Love You a Latke Amanda Elliot Eight Very Bad Nights Edited by Tod Goldberg Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas Lucy Worsley (pictured) The Holdovers Directed by Alexander Payne Christmas Days Jeanette Winterson (Also pictured: The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto, and A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli)

Holiday vibes and winter feels. ❄️✨

Explore our Season’s Greetings Showcase for festive reads, cozy mysteries, classic films, and stories that reflect many traditions: buff.ly/DXwpFSS

The 10 Best Books of 2025 From noir to oral history and speculative fiction, discover 10 standout books defining 2025—and revealing the stories reshaping life in the West.

Spoiler: !!! www.altaonline.com/books/g69701...

President Obama asked me to make my top music picks, too.