Wish list time: I’m actively building a list of ambitious narrative nonfiction—and I’m looking for projects with the intellectual rigor, narrative force, and the cultural reach of Say Nothing, The Wager, The Splendid and the Vile, The Warmth of Other Suns, and SPQR, etc. #MSWL

Thrilled to share a new deal with Oxford University Press: Lincoln From Life by Harold Holzer—arguably the leading Lincoln scholar working today. The book looks at how Lincoln’s image, as shaped by artists and sculptors, helped carry him from candidate to icon.

Pardon pending?

Some in Congress are so opportunistic that they forget that others, like Mike Johnson, are true believers of the heinous shit this party puts out on a daily basis to get attention.

Big congrats to Jon White @civilwarjon.bsky.social and Aaron Wistar @aaronwistar.bsky.social and @beaconpress.bsky.social!

As a longtime editor but a new literary agent, it’s a joy to see this project land in the right hands. Congratulations to @jonathonlearle.bsky.social and the team at Basic Books!

the republican party is a criminal conspiracy against the american republic

I hope Democrats learn from Merrick Garland’s mistakes and the failure of Obama’s “move on” strategy vis-a-vis Bush era war crimes, and understand that all these people ultimately need to go to prison.