Tim Queeney

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What does the rise of AI mean for creative writers? On Wed., Oct. 22 at 7 pm a panel of writers and an AI researcher from Northeastern University's Roux Institute will discuss these questions & more @ Mechanics' Hall, Portland, Maine. Sign up with the link below.

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Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

Mary had a terrible PR department. They should have countered “Bloody Mary” with “Sanguine Mary” Sanguine: cheerfully confident, optimistic

Yes! With cinnamon and sugar from a shaker. Shake, shake!

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YouTube video by Tim Queeney Rope book talk

If you missed my recent Rope book talk, here's a complete video of my talk and Q&A from the audience at the Scarborough, Maine public library. #ropebook StMartinsPress.bsky.social

Rope book talk youtu.be/7aO_rwHFyLs?... via @YouTube

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Porter Square Books is at 1815 Mass Ave in Cambridge. PorterSquareBooks.com The book cover cookie is by the amazing cookie artist minibookwellington. Follow her on Instagram for more examples of her incredible artistry.
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Come to the fabulous Porter Square Books in Cambridge Mass for my conversation with journalist Carol Hills about my book Rope on Wednesday Oct. 8 @ 7 pm. There will also be rope demonstrations and a book cover cookie giveaway! See the next post for a great combo of 2 things I love: books & cookies!

Buy my friend @timqueeney.bsky.social fascinating new book, ROPE. There were germs, guns & steel…but rope was foundational to human civilization too!
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Taylor Swift posing backstage at a theater wearing a rope dress.

Taylor Swift grasps the significance of rope! For her "The Life of A Showgirl" album, she posed backstage at a Broadway theater in a rope dress! Now her fans will be buying rope, learning knots & reading Rope the book(or at least buying it for their dads!😉) #ropebook stmartinspress.bksy.social

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The Threads That Bind Civilization: An Interview with Author Tim Queeney Tim Queeney’s father left behind more than memories—he left a knot.

My interview on Jonathan Crain’s Substack. He asked great questions and I tried to come up with some good answers! #ropebook stmartinspress.bsky.social

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Had a great chat with host Carolyn Beeler on the radio show (and podcast!) “The World” about my nonfiction book Rope and rope’s long and surprising history! Theworld.org/segments/2025/09/30/the-long-and-surprising-history-of-rope
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Petey loves to wear his USA handkerchief (which he blows his snot into - how insulting to the USA!) in a way to suggest military service medals. Fraudsters will fraud.

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Rope – Garage Logic Mischke talks cowboy tornados, organic dating, and big biker gals. He also dives into the listener phone directory, and then ends the show with the book, "Rope,

Had a fun conversation with Tommy Mischke on the GarageLogic podcast about sailing, not fishing(!) and, of course, my book Rope!
At garagelogic.com/episode/rope/

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Thanks, Melissa, for the great shoutout for Rope! @melissjpeltier.bsky.social

New York Times review of the nonfiction book Rope on September 14, 2025

A twist of fate, indeed! My nonfiction book Rope is reviewed in the Sunday New York Times Book Review! #ropebook
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The Symbol of the Open Road Was Born at Sea - Unseen Histories Tim Queeney, author of the book Rope, explains the history behind the steering wheel.

There are between one and two billion cars on the world's roads today; central to the control of all of them is the steering wheel. But as @timqueeney.bsky.social explains, the steering wheel evolved well away from any highway. It first appeared in the Enlightenment as a way to steer vessels at sea👇

Book signing on Martha’s Vineyard! Come to Edgartown Books on Tuesday, Sept. 9 and get your copy of Rope signed and let me know your favorite knot! #RopeBook EdgartownBooks.bsky.social stmartinspress.bsky.social

The Symbol of the Open Road Was Born at Sea - Unseen Histories Tim Queeney, author of the book Rope, explains the history behind the steering wheel.

The iconic automobile steering wheel born at sea? Iconbooks.bksy.social

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Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.

Thanks, Maine readers! Rope takes the top spot in the Portland Press Herald’s nonfiction bestseller list for August 31. #ropebook
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SARAH PALIN: "There are going to be death panels!"

RFK JR: "Technically, it's just me."