Carl Hoffman
@carlhoffman.bsky.social
NYTimes bestselling author of 5 books: Savage Harvest, Lunatic Express, Last Wild Men of Borneo, Liar's Circus, Hunting Warbirds. Sixth coming from HarperCollins/Mariner. Previously contributing editor Wired, NG Traveler. Book reviews The Washington Post.
Sadly out of town for this:
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...
A Tribute to Book World
- Jonathan Yardley — author, book critic, Book World, 1983-2015
politics-prose.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Sadly out of town for this:
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“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:47 PM
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
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Breaking News: Will Lewis stepped down as the chief executive and publisher of The Washington Post days after it laid off hundreds of journalists.
Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure
Mr. Lewis will be replaced in the interim by Jeff D’Onofrio, formerly the chief financial officer, the company said.
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February 7, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Breaking News: Will Lewis stepped down as the chief executive and publisher of The Washington Post days after it laid off hundreds of journalists.
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It’s remarkable to me what rich people chose to do with their money. Imagine you’re one of the richest people in the world. Imagine the responsibility. The gift. Imagine what you could do, especially at this time in this country, with The Washington Post. Instead you give $70 million to Melania.
February 4, 2026 at 3:28 PM
It’s remarkable to me what rich people chose to do with their money. Imagine you’re one of the richest people in the world. Imagine the responsibility. The gift. Imagine what you could do, especially at this time in this country, with The Washington Post. Instead you give $70 million to Melania.
Layoffs at the Washington Post! 🦋
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Layoffs at the Washington Post
“Our leadership destroyed our brand.”
www.cjr.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Layoffs at the Washington Post! 🦋
www.cjr.org/news/layoffs...
www.cjr.org/news/layoffs...
My current and, sadly, last review for The Washington Post, as it retrenches and bows and eliminates its book section.
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2026/0...
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Review | A historian corrects the record about the mysteries of Easter Island
In “Island at the Edge of the World,” Mike Pitts tells the story of the people who carved the giant heads on the remotest inhabited place on Earth.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
My current and, sadly, last review for The Washington Post, as it retrenches and bows and eliminates its book section.
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2026/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2026/0...
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I asked @lancerichardson.bsky.social some questions about his major new biography of Peter Matthiessen. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
An ‘accidental biographer’ on Peter Matthiessen
Lance Richardson talks about “True Nature,” his biography of an acclaimed, versatile and fascinating writer
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I asked @lancerichardson.bsky.social some questions about his major new biography of Peter Matthiessen. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
Looking forward to this. DC peeps, do come!
Two book events this weekend! Both with exceptional writer friends.
Saturday in DC: Politics & Prose with @carlhoffman.bsky.social at 3pm. Details here: politics-prose.com/lance-richar...
Sunday in Providence: Riffraff with @francescawade.bsky.social at 6pm. Details here: riffraffpvd.com/events/
Saturday in DC: Politics & Prose with @carlhoffman.bsky.social at 3pm. Details here: politics-prose.com/lance-richar...
Sunday in Providence: Riffraff with @francescawade.bsky.social at 6pm. Details here: riffraffpvd.com/events/
October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Looking forward to this. DC peeps, do come!
DC folks - please come here @lancerichardson.bsky.social and I talk about True Nature, his wonderful new biography of Peter Matthiessen at @politicsprose.bsky.social Ct Ave. this Saturday, 3 pm.
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Lance Richardson — True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen - With Carl Hoffman — At Conn Ave
politics-prose.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
DC folks - please come here @lancerichardson.bsky.social and I talk about True Nature, his wonderful new biography of Peter Matthiessen at @politicsprose.bsky.social Ct Ave. this Saturday, 3 pm.
politics-prose.com/lance-richar...
politics-prose.com/lance-richar...
Have fun!
This is tonight!
NYPL in Manhattan.
NYPL in Manhattan.
True Nature: Lance Richardson with Sam Anderson
Tickets for True Nature: Lance Richardson with Sam Anderson in New York from NYPL. The author of the first biography of Peter Matthiessen discusses the trailblazing novelist, naturalist, and Zen roshi...
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October 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Have fun!
A delicious read, this book. DC friends - please come see Lance and I discuss it at @politicsprose.bsky.social Saturday, 11/1 at 3 pm.
politics-prose.com/lance-richar...
politics-prose.com/lance-richar...
October 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A delicious read, this book. DC friends - please come see Lance and I discuss it at @politicsprose.bsky.social Saturday, 11/1 at 3 pm.
politics-prose.com/lance-richar...
politics-prose.com/lance-richar...
Absurd as everything this admin does. And per usual just complete ignorance. Anyone interested in Amelia should read @lauriestories.bsky.social new book The Aviator and The Showman.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😭😭whut da fuck? We are beyond an Idiocracy.... Cc: @carlhoffman.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Absurd as everything this admin does. And per usual just complete ignorance. Anyone interested in Amelia should read @lauriestories.bsky.social new book The Aviator and The Showman.
These people are nuts. They sound more and more like the Taliban or the right wing Israelis. They hate America.
The nativist right keeps talking about “heritage Americans.” It's a buzzword engineered to move the goalposts on immigration even further, argues @alibreland.bsky.social.
Are You a ‘Heritage American’?
Why the far right wants to know if your ancestors were here during the Civil War.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
These people are nuts. They sound more and more like the Taliban or the right wing Israelis. They hate America.
“...you will live in exile, because the power of law enforcement under President Trump’s leadership will be used to find you, will be used to take away your money, take away your power, and if you have broken the law, to take away your freedom.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller.
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
“...you will live in exile, because the power of law enforcement under President Trump’s leadership will be used to find you, will be used to take away your money, take away your power, and if you have broken the law, to take away your freedom.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
Congrats. I love True Nature and couldn’t agree more.
September 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Congrats. I love True Nature and couldn’t agree more.
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Ta-Nehasi Coates is doing a lot of things with this essay, but one of the most important is fearlessly using examples of anti-trans hate to describe Charlie Kirk's politics.
The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.
The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Ta-Nehasi Coates is doing a lot of things with this essay, but one of the most important is fearlessly using examples of anti-trans hate to describe Charlie Kirk's politics.
The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.
The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.
All five of my books, plus several translations.
There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
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As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
All five of my books, plus several translations.
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The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
America Tips Into Fascism
Today is different than before.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
August 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
Freedom, in the American context, has always meant the freedom to make bank at pretty much anyone’s expense.... My review of Deadwood: Gold, Guns, and Greed in the American West for The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com @bookcritics.bsky.social
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Review | The bloody, muddy true story of the real Deadwood
In his history of the legendary South Dakota gold rush town, Peter Cozzens explains how miners, outlaws, gamblers and other reprobates helped shape America.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Freedom, in the American context, has always meant the freedom to make bank at pretty much anyone’s expense.... My review of Deadwood: Gold, Guns, and Greed in the American West for The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com @bookcritics.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
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One hundred and eight five years after Melville shipped out of New Bedford, Ma., then the largest whaling port in the world, the city remains the highest grossing fishing port in the USA. Spending the next year reporting on it; heading out for ten days on the Debra C in pursuit of wild fish.
July 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
One hundred and eight five years after Melville shipped out of New Bedford, Ma., then the largest whaling port in the world, the city remains the highest grossing fishing port in the USA. Spending the next year reporting on it; heading out for ten days on the Debra C in pursuit of wild fish.
Well, I’m still here and still working! Not dead yet!
Came across Savage Harvest in a bookstore today; it's a great work by @carlhoffman.bsky.social that took crazy amounts of time, chutzpah, and skill to report. And I thought: Now that old-school magazines with real editorial budgets are dead, will we have writers like that anymore?
July 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Well, I’m still here and still working! Not dead yet!
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Reviewed James Rebanks's strange and beguiling new book for the Washington Post.
Review | On Norway’s coast, looking for an older, more thoughtful way to live
In ‘The Place of Tides,’ acclaimed nature writer James Rebanks visits a memorable woman committed to helping ducks
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July 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Reviewed James Rebanks's strange and beguiling new book for the Washington Post.
In this lawless landscape of frail masculine egos clinging to cockeyed, and often booze-fueled, notions of honor, the bullets fly, the bodies pile up, the pages turn fast and easy...." My review of Bryan Burrough's The Gunfighters for @washingtonpost.com
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Review | The gritty, unglamorous truth about the antiheroes of the Wild West
In “The Gunfighters,” Bryan Burrough sets out to debunk the myth of the Colt-toting cowboy hero.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
In this lawless landscape of frail masculine egos clinging to cockeyed, and often booze-fueled, notions of honor, the bullets fly, the bodies pile up, the pages turn fast and easy...." My review of Bryan Burrough's The Gunfighters for @washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...