Jonathan C Slaght
@jonathanslaght.com
Author. Tigers Between Empires (2025). Owls of the Eastern Ice (2020, Best Book per NYT/WSJ, PEN America winner, Nat Book Award longlist). Work: Regional Director Temperate Asia @wcs.org. Home: Mpls https://linktr.ee/jslaght
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TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES has earned a "rave" score at Book Marks, @literaryhub.bsky.social's review aggregator! Nice to see all these reviews in one place. bookmarks.reviews/reviews/tige... 💙📚🐅🌍
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I skulked around the Strib printing plant in the fog. No parties spilling out anyway on the night of the last daily newspaper being printed in Minneapolis.
December 28, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I skulked around the Strib printing plant in the fog. No parties spilling out anyway on the night of the last daily newspaper being printed in Minneapolis.
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I was on the BBC World Service News Hour today (aired on a lot of @npr.org stations in the US) to talk about this sighting of an Amur tigress with ***five cubs*** in northeast China. Link to interview here, my bit starts ~30:52: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/6... 🌍
www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/6... 🌍
First-ever footage of wild Amur tigress taking care of five cubs caught on camera
A camera trap in the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park has recorded the country's first-ever footage of a wild Amur tigress nurturing five cubs, providing powerful evidence of progress i...
www.chinadailyasia.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I was on the BBC World Service News Hour today (aired on a lot of @npr.org stations in the US) to talk about this sighting of an Amur tigress with ***five cubs*** in northeast China. Link to interview here, my bit starts ~30:52: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/6... 🌍
www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/6... 🌍
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bbc didn’t give a shit when I raised five cats
I was on the BBC World Service News Hour today (aired on a lot of @npr.org stations in the US) to talk about this sighting of an Amur tigress with ***five cubs*** in northeast China. Link to interview here, my bit starts ~30:52: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/6... 🌍
www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/6... 🌍
First-ever footage of wild Amur tigress taking care of five cubs caught on camera
A camera trap in the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park has recorded the country's first-ever footage of a wild Amur tigress nurturing five cubs, providing powerful evidence of progress i...
www.chinadailyasia.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
bbc didn’t give a shit when I raised five cats
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You NEED to read @jonathanslaght.com's Tigers Between Empires, these creatures are beautiful and the work to preserve their continued existence is incredibly important and fascinating to read about.
You NEED to read @jonathanslaght.com's Tigers Between Empires, these creatures are beautiful and the work to preserve their continued existence is incredibly important and fascinating to read about.
I was on the BBC World Service News Hour today (aired on a lot of @npr.org stations in the US) to talk about this sighting of an Amur tigress with ***five cubs*** in northeast China. Link to interview here, my bit starts ~30:52: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/6... 🌍
www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/6... 🌍
First-ever footage of wild Amur tigress taking care of five cubs caught on camera
A camera trap in the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park has recorded the country's first-ever footage of a wild Amur tigress nurturing five cubs, providing powerful evidence of progress i...
www.chinadailyasia.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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You NEED to read @jonathanslaght.com's Tigers Between Empires, these creatures are beautiful and the work to preserve their continued existence is incredibly important and fascinating to read about.
You NEED to read @jonathanslaght.com's Tigers Between Empires, these creatures are beautiful and the work to preserve their continued existence is incredibly important and fascinating to read about.
I was on the BBC World Service News Hour today (aired on a lot of @npr.org stations in the US) to talk about this sighting of an Amur tigress with ***five cubs*** in northeast China. Link to interview here, my bit starts ~30:52: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/6... 🌍
www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/6... 🌍
First-ever footage of wild Amur tigress taking care of five cubs caught on camera
A camera trap in the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park has recorded the country's first-ever footage of a wild Amur tigress nurturing five cubs, providing powerful evidence of progress i...
www.chinadailyasia.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I was on the BBC World Service News Hour today (aired on a lot of @npr.org stations in the US) to talk about this sighting of an Amur tigress with ***five cubs*** in northeast China. Link to interview here, my bit starts ~30:52: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/6... 🌍
www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/6... 🌍
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Indulging in some holiday book shopping, lucky me!
December 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Indulging in some holiday book shopping, lucky me!
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Merry Christmas everyone! As some of our older followers may know, Christmas is a time for us to get some new wildlife reading started. Big thanks to @jonathanslaght.com for the free signed copy! Look forward to diving in this week!
December 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Merry Christmas everyone! As some of our older followers may know, Christmas is a time for us to get some new wildlife reading started. Big thanks to @jonathanslaght.com for the free signed copy! Look forward to diving in this week!
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Always nice to find some quality books in my Christmas stocking. Browsing the Wildlife Photographer of the Year portfolio a bit a tradition. Looking forward to reading new books by @jonathanslaght.com @julianhoffman.bsky.social which if they are as good as their previous work should be a real treat!
December 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Always nice to find some quality books in my Christmas stocking. Browsing the Wildlife Photographer of the Year portfolio a bit a tradition. Looking forward to reading new books by @jonathanslaght.com @julianhoffman.bsky.social which if they are as good as their previous work should be a real treat!
my mother has a synthetic Christmas tree & it is a chaotic mix of random conifers
December 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
my mother has a synthetic Christmas tree & it is a chaotic mix of random conifers
down in Georgia for Christmas
December 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
down in Georgia for Christmas
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My experience with bears is very small, but this description by @jonathanslaght.com of locking eyes with one is 👌.
"Their dark eyes bore into yours as if assessing what kind of person you are and what, exactly, they are going to do with you should they find you lacking."
"Their dark eyes bore into yours as if assessing what kind of person you are and what, exactly, they are going to do with you should they find you lacking."
December 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
My experience with bears is very small, but this description by @jonathanslaght.com of locking eyes with one is 👌.
"Their dark eyes bore into yours as if assessing what kind of person you are and what, exactly, they are going to do with you should they find you lacking."
"Their dark eyes bore into yours as if assessing what kind of person you are and what, exactly, they are going to do with you should they find you lacking."
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nice shout out from Rochelle Olson in her weekly "Olson's Cheers & Jeers" column at @startribune.com (TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES got a Cheer rather than a Jeer): "another improbable page-turner."
www.startribune.com/kia-boys-twi...
www.startribune.com/kia-boys-twi...
December 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
nice shout out from Rochelle Olson in her weekly "Olson's Cheers & Jeers" column at @startribune.com (TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES got a Cheer rather than a Jeer): "another improbable page-turner."
www.startribune.com/kia-boys-twi...
www.startribune.com/kia-boys-twi...
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‘It surprised me that Dersu was referring to boar as “people.” I asked him about it. “They people all the same,” he confirmed, “only different shirt.”’
- Across the Ussuri Kray, by Vladimir Arsenyev (1921). Translation by Jonathan Slaght @jonathanslaght.com
- Across the Ussuri Kray, by Vladimir Arsenyev (1921). Translation by Jonathan Slaght @jonathanslaght.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
‘It surprised me that Dersu was referring to boar as “people.” I asked him about it. “They people all the same,” he confirmed, “only different shirt.”’
- Across the Ussuri Kray, by Vladimir Arsenyev (1921). Translation by Jonathan Slaght @jonathanslaght.com
- Across the Ussuri Kray, by Vladimir Arsenyev (1921). Translation by Jonathan Slaght @jonathanslaght.com
nice shout out from Rochelle Olson in her weekly "Olson's Cheers & Jeers" column at @startribune.com (TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES got a Cheer rather than a Jeer): "another improbable page-turner."
www.startribune.com/kia-boys-twi...
www.startribune.com/kia-boys-twi...
December 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
nice shout out from Rochelle Olson in her weekly "Olson's Cheers & Jeers" column at @startribune.com (TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES got a Cheer rather than a Jeer): "another improbable page-turner."
www.startribune.com/kia-boys-twi...
www.startribune.com/kia-boys-twi...
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Your occasional reminder that Great Britain has about the same land area as Minnesota but 60 million more people.
December 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Your occasional reminder that Great Britain has about the same land area as Minnesota but 60 million more people.
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Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Or, "my boyfriend wants me to have *different* nightmares."
December 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Or, "my boyfriend wants me to have *different* nightmares."
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I love you Powderhorn/ Ward 9 ❤️
December 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I love you Powderhorn/ Ward 9 ❤️
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Recent successes show us that you can bring tigers back, says WCS’s Luke Hunter. “You can catalyze recovery. And we’re still in the early stages of it in most places, but we see it’s possible.”
🌏 news.mongabay.com/2025/12/hope...
🌏 news.mongabay.com/2025/12/hope...
Hope for tigers grows as Thailand safeguards a key link in their habitat
KANCHANABURI, Thailand — Following the path of the tiger isn’t easy. Yet the three rangers, clad in camouflage, move lithely through the steep bamboo thicket, tracking the muddy hoofprints of a sambar...
news.mongabay.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Recent successes show us that you can bring tigers back, says WCS’s Luke Hunter. “You can catalyze recovery. And we’re still in the early stages of it in most places, but we see it’s possible.”
🌏 news.mongabay.com/2025/12/hope...
🌏 news.mongabay.com/2025/12/hope...
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doing my monthly random check-in with bluesky for a specific purpose: to share how excited I am that @jonathanslaght.com's latest book, Tigers Between Empires, is out and I finally got my hands on a copy! continued below👇
December 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
doing my monthly random check-in with bluesky for a specific purpose: to share how excited I am that @jonathanslaght.com's latest book, Tigers Between Empires, is out and I finally got my hands on a copy! continued below👇
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Looking forward to picking up @jonathanslaght.com’s new tiger book when I have a breather after the semester. I adore and highly recommend his book Owl’s of the Eastern Ice!
Here is a Blakiston’s fish owl I illustrated for him when he was kind enough to talk with our Bird Nerd book club years ago.
Here is a Blakiston’s fish owl I illustrated for him when he was kind enough to talk with our Bird Nerd book club years ago.
December 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Looking forward to picking up @jonathanslaght.com’s new tiger book when I have a breather after the semester. I adore and highly recommend his book Owl’s of the Eastern Ice!
Here is a Blakiston’s fish owl I illustrated for him when he was kind enough to talk with our Bird Nerd book club years ago.
Here is a Blakiston’s fish owl I illustrated for him when he was kind enough to talk with our Bird Nerd book club years ago.
I am the only person in my entire contact list on Bluesky
December 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I am the only person in my entire contact list on Bluesky