We are nearing the point where certain factions will attempt to reframe racism, sexism, homophobia and other bigotry as forms of “freedom”.

You know: freedom to hate who you wanna hate. Isn’t that in the Bible, or at least the Constitution?

This is quite a brilliant essay, and I’m honored that Seán used EVERY LIVING THING as a springboard for his thoughts.

Jason Roberts | Tally Ho! Books Oakland's newest queer and women owned independent bookstore

I’m reading from EVERY LIVING THING tomorrow, July 3rd, at Tally Ho Books, the cool new bookstore on Piedmont Avenue in Oakland. Details here: tallyhobookstore.com/events/28789...

Donald Trump will be the clown-villain of American history. Or there will be no American history.

So, this was one amazing evening. Congratulations, Josh!

As biodiversity declines, researchers race to name millions of species unknown to science | CBC Radio In 2023, scientists discovered thousands of unknown life forms in the Pacific Ocean. The discovery highlighted an unsettling fact: 86 per cent of land species and 91 per cent of marine species remain ...

I was honored to both be interviewed and have my book Every Living Thing featured in this lovely, in-depth dive into the nature of naming Nature, on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social’s Ideas programme. Amazing work by producer Moira Donovan

www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...

I wish this wasn’t the feeling I was bringing into January, 2025. But yeah. Here we go again.

Book review – Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life An epic history of taxonomy across three centuries, Every Living Thing charts the lives, works, and legacy of Linnaeus and Buffon.

An interesting (and totally accurate, so far as I can tell) review of EVERY LIVING THING from The Inquisitive Biologist. inquisitivebiologist.com/2024/12/24/b...

Recipe? Or CBGB’s playbill, 1981?

Lafayette, I am here.

(And if you need historical context for that kind of reference, I am your kind of author.