#1 New York Times bestselling author of RUNNING WITH SCISSORS, DRY, A WOLF AT THE TABLE, MAGICAL THINKING, THIS IS HOW & the forthcoming novel, THE DEBRIS FIELD
Northampton, MA
Joined August 2008
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I wrote a novel about wealth, privilege,
NYC, the 24 hour news cycle, the internet, racism, fashion, exploitation, family, the apocalypse, then put it in a drawer,
and forgot about it for over 20 years.
Reading it was hilarious, horrifying, and like, this how we got here...
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"You can always count on Americans to do the right thing — after they've exhausted all other options." — Winston Churchill
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Excited to announce that my new book, It's All Relative (co-written with Kirstie McLellan Day) will be released 4/27/27 & can be pre-ordered now! A scientific memoir & much more. (The photo of a much younger me relates to the end of my book, Atom. 😊)
amazon.com/dp/1510786775?&ta…
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In the late 1990s, Julia Hill climbed a 200-foot (61-meter) California redwood, estimated to be around 1,000 years old, and remained in the tree for 738 days. Her protest eventually led to an agreement with the Pacific Lumber Company to preserve both the tree and a 200-foot buffer zone surrounding it.
Learn more: bit.ly/3XQrxrd
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Mikimoto, the Father of the Cultured Pearl. Young Kichimatsu: Kichimatsu was born in 1858 in the coastal city of Toba, Japan.
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In Japanese, "tsundoku" means collecting books and letting them pile up, not for neglect, but for the joy of knowing they're there, full of untold stories.
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People often ask me about my favorite photo I’ve ever captured. It’s nearly impossible to choose just one, but this image almost always comes to mind.
