This makes me happy to no end—not least because I've had the pleasure of explaining to my mom how I'm known among Whitman scholars.

On January 24, 2025, Switchyard gathered dozens of writers, radio producers, nonprofit leaders, educators, and thinkers at their headquarters in Tulsa to collectively imagine—and reckon with—what the next four years will be like. Proud to hve been a part of it. www.switchyardmag.com/issue-5/demo...

Hey @wwnorton.com Let's bring @genoways.bsky.social to Pittsburgh to promote the new Jose Cuervo book! White Whale Bookstore? @riverstonebooks.bsky.social? City Asylum? Penguin? Somebody step up!

Such an honor to chat with @genoways.bsky.social the other night about his seamless new biography of Jose Cuervo, who endured no small number of extraordinary political and economic trials to keep the family spirit flowing. Ted's writing is just gorgeous to boot: bookshop.org/p/books/tequ...

Kroger frequently overcharges customers by listing expired sales prices on the shelves but then ringing the products up at the regular prices at checkout.

New by @genoways.bsky.social @michaelwhudson.bsky.social and team: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Looking forward to this, esp. after hearing the story of Jorge Salles starting El Tequileño after working for Jose Cuervo.

Tequila! Fun visit to the agave fields of Mexico with @tibizea.bsky.social and @genoways.bsky.social

"Ted Genoways has dug deep... His densely packed biography of José Cuervo Labastida y Flores is a textured account that details Cuervo’s relationships with rival tequila producers, and his efforts to survive in a politically unstable era."

History of the first Mexican cartel? Yes, it was #Tequila. Register for this Zoom event, Friday, May 9, 5 pm ET, The Tequila Wars, new book by Ted Genoways, us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Tomorrow is Indie Bookstore Day! We’re giving a shoutout to our partners at Magic City Books—an indie that builds community, champions authors, and keeps great books in readers’ hands. Support them by pre-ordering Tequila Wars by @genoways.bsky.social now! magiccitybooks.square.site/product/tequ...

LA!! Come see us!!

If you're in LA next weekend, come to see me at the @latimes.com Festival of Books at 1:30 on April 26. I'll be discussing historical biographies and untold family histories with @jessicagoudeau.bsky.social and Victoria Blanco.

You know the name José Cuervo—but do you know the story? In Tequila Wars, out May 6, Switchyard editor Ted Genoways tells the epic tale of how tequila became Mexico’s iconic spirit—built on resilience, revolution, and vision. Pre-order now: magiccitybooks.square.site/product/tequ...

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com: President Trump’s Mexico agenda centers on what he calls border “chaos,” Ted Genoways writes in a guest essay. “How ironic, then, that his proposed solution of tariffs is bound to generate chaos at the border by creating powerful incentives for black market trade.”

Solid analysis here but holy smoked agave the story of tequila makers forming Mexico’s first cartels responding to WWI import bans, the boon in smuggling during prohibition, violence in sleepy border towns…I’ll never see a margarita the same way again. Congrats on the book. Somebody option this asap

Some thoughts on Trump's tariffs and the history of how trying to limit the importation of tequila a century ago only led to violence—and increased popularity for tequila.

Great article by my friend @genoways.bsky.social. What does the early 20th century history of tequila tell us about tariffs, illegal trade, the border, and Cuervo? I can’t wait for his book! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...

Read everything by Ted. Especially now.

In the latest REAP/SOW Video, FERN’s Editor-in-Chief Theodore Ross sits down FERN’s senior producer Ted Genoways to go behind-the-scenes of Genoways’ reporting on the controversy surrounding the world’s largest meatpacking company, JBS, and the hundreds of Haitian migrants that the company hired.

Watch me discuss my latest story with Theodore Ross of the @thefern.org.

A harrowing story about Haitian immigrants in the US who produce meat for our grocery stores. After everything they've sacrificed, Trump wants to deport them. Important reporting by Ted Genoways @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/food/2025/03...

My latest for @motherjones.com with @maandrei.bsky.social.