So glad to publish this excerpt from Gillian Linden's outstanding Negative Space, out next week from W. W. Norton & Company. A sly, funny, hyper-observant novel about teaching , parenting, and navigating hard choices at every scale. A truly great book. nplusonemag.com/online-only/on…

A sublime book...

Pretty incontrovertible argument via Nicole: Had NYC kept vehicles with 5 or more speed- or red-light tickets off the roads in 2022, as many as 26 lives could have been saved, out of the total of 142 lives lost, reducing the death toll by 18%. vitalcitynyc.org/articles/saved…

Fourteen women have reported getting punched out of nowhere by strangers since mid-March. Ginia Bellafante asks why they're not being reported as hate crimes against women: shorturl.at/jIKT5

The housing crisis has been especially severe in beach towns like the Hamptons where astronomical real-estate prices, low wages, and exploitative labor practices can make it almost impossible to find a living space via @NYTimes's Ginia Bellafante #WeekendReads buff.ly/3PVYwGM

Tuesday night in Brooklyn: Come see Ed Park talk with Gillian Linden about writing deadpan comic fiction and her "exhilarating debut novel" (thomas beller in Air Mail) at Powerhouse. powerhousearena.com/events/book-la…

Happy publication day to Gillian Linden and her remarkable debut novel NEGATIVE SPACE--a cool, crystalline, and affecting book, and one for our times.

From the Department of Grossness: "An August 2023 report published by pest control company MMPC estimated that there may be as many as 3 million rats in New York City, a 50% increase since 2010." washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthc…

Cannot stop talking about this novel--nothing has come close to capturing the dread of the 2020s quite like it.

Congratulations to the always fantastic, enviably talented Robert Sullivan who surely has a prize winner on his hands.

Police are clearing protesters from Hamilton Hall. Follow live coverage here: nytimes.com/live/2024/04/3…

Finally got to this amazing Sharon Lerner piece for ProPublica and The New Yorker on 3M's very fraught history with "forever chemicals." So damning and upsetting, and a textbook example of how to write about a complex environmental coverup in a compelling way. propublica.org/article/3m-for…

Cats are the new pussy hats. By Ginia Bellafante nytimes.com/2024/07/25/nyr…

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Stunningly beautiful look at a great NYC novel and a wild moment for the city via ⁦Ginia Bellafante⁩ … #NYC #literature nytimes.com/2024/09/06/nyr… via @NYTimes

Lisa Zornberg, Mayor Eric Adams’s chief legal adviser, abruptly resigned on Saturday. She wrote in a letter: “It has been a great honor to serve the city. I am tendering my resignation, effective today, as I have concluded that I can no longer effectively serve in my position.”

BREAKING: Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction affirmed by the 2nd Circuit appeals court in Manhattan. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the court was unanimous.

It was less than 2 weeks ago that I talked to ⁦Ginia Bellafante⁩ about the similarities & differences between Eric Adams & Buddy Cianci. Coincidence? nytimes.com/2024/09/13/nyr…

Ginia Bellafante this is a great read, well done nytimes.com/2024/09/26/nyr…

Stan Brezenoff, first deputy mayor under Mayor Koch during municipal scandals of the late '80s on trying to carry on the work at City Hall: "The pressure is unbelievable. Distraction doesn't begin to describe it. It's almost impossible to follow the agenda." Vital City