I’m making a point of not finishing this, because it’s so delightful.

This is a good read that will lift your spirits

Astronomy But Make It Music

The big day is finally here: My long (long)-awaited book launch!

Sprouting in a cranium near you...

The Book Supplement, Vol. 3 Caroline Tracey, Caro Claire Burke, Jazmine Ulloa, and Eileen G'Sell.

The third installment of The Book Supplement is here!

*Coming in April*
"Fascinating… Erin Osmon’s deep analysis, colorful storytelling, and keen insights make it a page-turner."―Holly George-Warren
"Thoroughly explores heartland rock as a sound, a feeling, a political movement."―Steven Hyden
"Will have you singing along."―Ann Powers

"Compact and vivid... Jackson has written a smoothly readable account [of capitalism] while sacrificing none of its complexity."
―Jennifer Szalai, NYTBR

"One of our most laser-eyed critics of the mystifications wrapped around today’s market society."
―@quinnslobodian.com

I’ve said it before, I’m sure I’ll say it again: there just might be a lesson here for anyone who wants it. I’m convinced anyone wants it.

D. Boon’s Death Shook Punk Rock. 40 Years Later, Minutemen Look Back.

A beautiful appreciation by @bobmehr.bsky.social of D. Boon 40 years after his death, and profile of Watt and Hurley soldiering on. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/a...

Coming to the US in June from @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social:

The paperback of his NY Times bestseller IS A RIVER ALIVE?, and his third magnificent collaboration with the artist Jackie Morris, THE BOOK OF BIRDS.

Delighted to hear it, I feel the same way! One of the all-time greats. He's baaaack.

Coming to the US in July, a novel set in the darkest days of authoritarian rule in Romania from Oana Aristide:

"Part thriller, part fable, this is fascinating, funny, and very moving."―GUARDIAN (UK)
"A wry detective story and a searing political commentary."―Rajesh Parameswaran

Coming to the US in May, from John Lanchester:

"The darkest and most satisfying novel you'll read this year... Brilliant and dangerous."―OBSERVER (UK)
"Twisty, clever, and gleefully nasty."―THE TIMES (UK)
"A pacy tale of treachery and deceit."―INDEPENDENT (UK)

Fact: I have wanted to put an Art Young illustration on the cover of a book for more than 30 years.

Out this month:

Out now:
"A personal and geographical tour of some of the most uncanny and unknown parts of our world."-NYT

This week:
Events in Berkeley, Denver, and Tucson with Lauren Markham, Raksha Vasudevan, and Francisco Cantu'.

Now he’s produced a lovely and useful book collecting 100 of those intros.
Will it solve The Crisis in Book Discoverability? No.
But will it bring delight to readers and a longer life to some great books? Yes!
Get your copy here:
www.phinneybooks.com/signed-books...

Indie bookseller, A READER’S BOOK OF DAYS author, and 8-time Jeopardy! champ @tomnissley.bsky.social runs the wonderful book subscription program Phinney by Post. Each month subscribers get a book they'll likely love—often short and not recently published—plus a charming introduction to the book…

Up through the 1930s, State Fairs across America featured head on collisions between trains. The first occurred at the Iowa State Fair in 1896 before a crowd of 20,000. This video is from the Minnesota State Fair during the Great Depression, as featured in the poster below:

Aww thanks. It IS ! Will send you one.

SALT LAKES, a glorious debut by @cetracey.bsky.social, is out next week. Catch her on the road, including at P&T Knitwear in NYC on 3/18 with Jake Bittle...

Event commemorating Book World at Politics and Prose on Connecticut Avenue at 5 o’clock February 21st.

If you’re in DC tomorrow and want to see a lot of bookish people in one place, I have good news:

Bombo Rivera, Robin Yount, Kirby Puckett, Dan Quisenberry

If you're in D.C. a week from tomorrow, there's an event at Politics & Prose honoring the history of Book World. I think the tone will likely be less funerary than you might imagine. I know my comments will be. politics-prose.com/tribute-book...

I'll say more before too long, but for now: Thanks to anyone who has ever read and supported the Post's books coverage.

A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript Edition A first-ever trade edition of the original manuscript of the beloved Christmas classic., A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript Edition, Charles Dickens, Colm Tóibín, 9780393608649

wwnorton.com/books/A-Chri...

Film Forum · The Young Film Forum (YFF) Archive Dive: Agnès Varda'sTHE GLEANERS AND I The Young Film Forum (YFF) Archive Dive: THE GLEANERS AND I Wednesday, December 10 at 6:15

Join author of A COMPLICATED PASSION Carrie Rickey as she introduces a screening of THE GLEANERS AND I tomorrow at the Film Forum in New York City at 6:15pm.
filmforum.org/film/the-gle...

Happy birthday, Delmore Schwartz

I won Worst Extra at the Razzies.