Remembering Albert Camus on his birthday 🎂 📷 Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1944 "Looking at the famous portrait by Cartier-Bresson from the forties you see why people thought of him as a star & not just as a sage; you also see that he knew the effect he was having." - Adam Gopnik

Läs gärna min intervju med kulturelitens sista optimist, New Yorker-legenden Adam Gopnik, och kolla vårt TV-samtal på EFN.SE. efn.se/liberalismen...

They walk among us!

So thrilling to see Habs advance to playoffs! We've had better teams, of course, and more finished teams -- but I can't recall a Montreal Canadiens team that played with more heart, more spirit , or had a brighter core of young players.

I've been a crazed Habs fan for almost sixty years now (58 to be precise.) We've had better teams, of course, and more finished teams -- but I can't recall a Montreal Canadiens team that played with more heart, more spirit , or had a brighter core of young players.

Teaching tomorrow night. myfivethings.com/class/adam-g...

I'll be teaching tomorrow night at 8 EST, all about the nature of learning and what I've learned. I'll have guests, you'll be able to ask questions, and it should be fun.You can register below myfivethings.com/class/adam-g...

Glad to offer this praise of Canadian patriotism, trying to distinguish it from the more toxic forms of nationalism.

Another seasonal favorite. Does anyone know this book? We're reading it again today. Adam Gopnik is one of my favorite writers — So smart and sensitive. His words are always thoughtful and inspiring. Find a copy if you haven't read it yet. It's so good! ❄️✨

Adam Gopnik writes about the changes in the skies above, from Saturn’s disappearing rings to ever more drone sightings, and their parallels to life below.

This account is a staunch supporter of your local public library. USE IT.

“The opposite of humanism is not theism but fanaticism; the opposite of liberalism is not conservatism but dogmatism. Fanaticism is therefore the chief enemy of humanism, and fanaticism in political life is the chief enemy of the liberal ideal.”—Adam Gopnik, A Thousand Small Sanities (2019)

Tired: Lane Hutson for Calder Wired: Emil Heineman for Calder

At the New Yorker: Ben Franklin once proposed that the turkey would make a more suitable national bird than the eagle—an idea seconded by Adam Gopnik. “The turkey is the bird of ascending honor,” Gopnik writes, “silly and vain, pluming itself too much on the small stuff but sharing the feed .." 1/2

Reposting my piece from a year ago about visiting Dealey Plaza. Nov.22nd, 1963 --the moment my consciousness, like so many others, turned inside out. www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...

My most recent piece on the theory and practice of crowds and mobs. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

About to unleash Jessica B. Hill’s THE DARK LADY in New York City Audience is now coming in. Adam Gopnik in the house. People who flew in from Stratford. NY theatre types. Friends. Romans. Countrymen. What a night we will have. What an honour. So proud of Jessica and Canadian+Winnipeg-made theatre.

And here, to mark my migration to this place, some simple and wise words from my wisest predecessor, E.B. White.

My piece from Fort Sumter the weekend before the election. On Folding The Flag: www.newyorker.com/magazine/dis...