Greg Zimmerman
@gregzimmerman.bsky.social
📚 Bookseller: @roscoebooks.bsky.social
🛠️ Daily Editor: @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social
✍️ Marketing and communications: @storystudiochicago.bsky.social
📝 Book Reviewer: open.substack.com/pub/thenewdorkreviewofbooks
Chicagoan. Marquette alum. Runner
🛠️ Daily Editor: @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social
✍️ Marketing and communications: @storystudiochicago.bsky.social
📝 Book Reviewer: open.substack.com/pub/thenewdorkreviewofbooks
Chicagoan. Marquette alum. Runner
This episode of the @bookriot.bsky.social podcast is my favorite bookish thing this month -- a whole episode on Zadie Smith!!!
Listen now! bookriot.com/listen/what-...
#hooraybooks
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#hooraybooks
What We Want from Essays: DEAD & ALIVE by Zadie Smith - BOOK RIOT
Jeff and Rebecca talk Zadie Smith's Dead & Alive.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This episode of the @bookriot.bsky.social podcast is my favorite bookish thing this month -- a whole episode on Zadie Smith!!!
Listen now! bookriot.com/listen/what-...
#hooraybooks
Listen now! bookriot.com/listen/what-...
#hooraybooks
Not lit nerd baseball fan me being unreasonably excited about a soon-to-be MLB player named Murakami.
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Sources: Japanese home run king Murakami posts
Japanese star third baseman Munetaka Murakami, who owns the single-season home run record for a Japanese player in Nippon Professional Baseball, is entering the posting system for MLB teams, sources t...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Not lit nerd baseball fan me being unreasonably excited about a soon-to-be MLB player named Murakami.
www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
Amazing
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Amazing
Reposted by Greg Zimmerman
We've had a pretty big week over here -- catch up on everything with our newsletter:
✍️ Our MacArthur Grant
✍️ Winter Term Launch
✍️ One week left now for Book In A Year applications
Read here: buff.ly/g2a5pel
#writingcommunity
✍️ Our MacArthur Grant
✍️ Winter Term Launch
✍️ One week left now for Book In A Year applications
Read here: buff.ly/g2a5pel
#writingcommunity
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We've had a pretty big week over here -- catch up on everything with our newsletter:
✍️ Our MacArthur Grant
✍️ Winter Term Launch
✍️ One week left now for Book In A Year applications
Read here: buff.ly/g2a5pel
#writingcommunity
✍️ Our MacArthur Grant
✍️ Winter Term Launch
✍️ One week left now for Book In A Year applications
Read here: buff.ly/g2a5pel
#writingcommunity
Sooooooo....this happened. (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
HUGE ANNOUCEMENT: We are beside ourselves with excitement to share with you that we've been awarded a $100,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Sooooooo....this happened. (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Holy shit
The Rutherford County Library System in Tennessee is temporarily closing two branches in order to remove books from them.
Why? Because the Secretary of State told them to do it, citing laws and Executive Orders that undermine the Constititon.
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Why? Because the Secretary of State told them to do it, citing laws and Executive Orders that undermine the Constititon.
bookriot.com/rutherford-c...
Rutherford County Library System (TN) Temporarily Shuts Down to Ban Books
Rutherford County Library System announced on social media a surprise shutdown of two libraries. Why? "Reviewing inventory."
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November 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Holy shit
To celebrate 25 years of Robert Langdon, and having just finished the latest one this week, I ranked all six Langdon thrillers.
#books
#booksky
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#booksky
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The Definitive Ranking of Dan Brown's Six Robert Langdon Novels
Twenty-five years of faux profundity...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
To celebrate 25 years of Robert Langdon, and having just finished the latest one this week, I ranked all six Langdon thrillers.
#books
#booksky
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#books
#booksky
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Book 64: The Secret of Secrets, by Dan Brown
Dan Brown will never win a Pulitzer for the quality of his writing but the fella can tell a story! The Secret of Secrets is my favorite of his novels since The Da Vinci Code!
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#books
#booksky
Dan Brown will never win a Pulitzer for the quality of his writing but the fella can tell a story! The Secret of Secrets is my favorite of his novels since The Da Vinci Code!
substack.com/profile/3501...
#books
#booksky
Greg Zimmerman (@thenewdorkreviewofbooks)
Book 64: The Secret of Secrets, by Dan Brown
Dan Brown will never win a Pulitzer for the quality of his writing but the fella can tell a story! The Secret of Secrets is my favorite of his novels sinc...
substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Book 64: The Secret of Secrets, by Dan Brown
Dan Brown will never win a Pulitzer for the quality of his writing but the fella can tell a story! The Secret of Secrets is my favorite of his novels since The Da Vinci Code!
substack.com/profile/3501...
#books
#booksky
Dan Brown will never win a Pulitzer for the quality of his writing but the fella can tell a story! The Secret of Secrets is my favorite of his novels since The Da Vinci Code!
substack.com/profile/3501...
#books
#booksky
I’ve flown approximately 682 times in my life but it wasn’t until today I noticed what a delightfully silly oxymoron “water landing” is.
November 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I’ve flown approximately 682 times in my life but it wasn’t until today I noticed what a delightfully silly oxymoron “water landing” is.
So long, New York. And good job, marathon weekend.
You were Dino-mite
(Sorry. Sorry about that.)
You were Dino-mite
(Sorry. Sorry about that.)
November 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
So long, New York. And good job, marathon weekend.
You were Dino-mite
(Sorry. Sorry about that.)
You were Dino-mite
(Sorry. Sorry about that.)
Reposted by Greg Zimmerman
November's must-read list includes, according to our EIC @mbwwelch.bsky.social's a destined-to-be Chicago classic, exciting works in translation, and a number of emotional tour-de-forces.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
November's must-read list includes, according to our EIC @mbwwelch.bsky.social's a destined-to-be Chicago classic, exciting works in translation, and a number of emotional tour-de-forces.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/03/1...
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/03/1...
If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a million times: If you want to reinforce your faith in humanity, go watch a marathon. #runningwillsaveus
November 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a million times: If you want to reinforce your faith in humanity, go watch a marathon. #runningwillsaveus
This is Eliud Kipchoge, the greatest marathoner of all time at mile 25 of the NYC Marathon. What a privilege to get to see him run in person. Chills. #nycmarathon
November 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This is Eliud Kipchoge, the greatest marathoner of all time at mile 25 of the NYC Marathon. What a privilege to get to see him run in person. Chills. #nycmarathon
Bookstore tourism, Brooklyn version
November 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Bookstore tourism, Brooklyn version
So very proud to be part of this organization.
October 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
So very proud to be part of this organization.
Okay, who is planning to read the new 1,200-page Danielewski?
Can I copy off you for the test?
Can I copy off you for the test?
October 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Okay, who is planning to read the new 1,200-page Danielewski?
Can I copy off you for the test?
Can I copy off you for the test?
Future generations, please remember this photo for what it is: A Nazi henchman surrounded by his Gestapo goons going to court to explain why he tear gassed a residential neighborhood and a kids Halloween parade.
A judge blasted Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino for violating her order to stop using excessive force.
“Kids dressed in Halloween costumes walking to a parade do not pose an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer,” the judge said. blockclubchi.co/4qukilG
“Kids dressed in Halloween costumes walking to a parade do not pose an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer,” the judge said. blockclubchi.co/4qukilG
October 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Future generations, please remember this photo for what it is: A Nazi henchman surrounded by his Gestapo goons going to court to explain why he tear gassed a residential neighborhood and a kids Halloween parade.
Book 63: A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole
Even better the second time. It’s like a zany Seinfeld episode set in New Orleans with an even even kookier, more self-important, less self-aware Kramer pulling the strings.
#books
Even better the second time. It’s like a zany Seinfeld episode set in New Orleans with an even even kookier, more self-important, less self-aware Kramer pulling the strings.
#books
October 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Book 63: A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole
Even better the second time. It’s like a zany Seinfeld episode set in New Orleans with an even even kookier, more self-important, less self-aware Kramer pulling the strings.
#books
Even better the second time. It’s like a zany Seinfeld episode set in New Orleans with an even even kookier, more self-important, less self-aware Kramer pulling the strings.
#books
Reposted by Greg Zimmerman
Two live classes down, two to go (and number 3 is tonight), and you can stream them all like I'm a Netflix series!
A Copy Editor’s Guide: Four Lessons on the Art, Craft, and Refinement of Prose, with Benjamin Dreyer - StoryStudio Chicago
Benjamin Dreyer, retired copy chief of Random House and the author of the New York Times bestseller Dreyer’s English, will unpack his capacious bag of tricks, previously secret advice, and all-round b...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Two live classes down, two to go (and number 3 is tonight), and you can stream them all like I'm a Netflix series!
Reposted by Greg Zimmerman
Trump loves to spout propaganda and claim our great city is a “warzone”—
This is a lie. And he knows it.
This is a lie. And he knows it.
October 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Trump loves to spout propaganda and claim our great city is a “warzone”—
This is a lie. And he knows it.
This is a lie. And he knows it.
Until next time, New Orleans. The good times rolled.
October 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Until next time, New Orleans. The good times rolled.
October 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
October 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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