Adam Morgan
@adamm0rgan.bsky.social
Culture journalist @Esquire and elsewhere. Author of A DANGER TO THE MINDS OF YOUNG GIRLS (Simon & Schuster, Dec 9, 2025).
Newsletter: https://linktr.ee/adamm0rgan
Tips: adam@thefrontlist.org
Newsletter: https://linktr.ee/adamm0rgan
Tips: adam@thefrontlist.org
Still my favorite establishing shots of NYC.
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Still my favorite establishing shots of NYC.
Huge thanks to Valorie Castellanos Clark for having me on the UNRULY FIGURES podcast to talk about Margaret! unrulyfigures.substack.com/p/unruly-int...
Unruly Interviews: Adam Morgan on Margaret C. Anderson
Author Adam Morgan on his forthcoming biography of Margaret C. Anderson
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November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Huge thanks to Valorie Castellanos Clark for having me on the UNRULY FIGURES podcast to talk about Margaret! unrulyfigures.substack.com/p/unruly-int...
Huge congrats to the winners of the inaugural Alderbrink Awards for best fine press books published in 2025! 📚
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Announcing the first annual Alderbrink Awards
Congratulations to all six fine presses and seven artists and designers recognized by this year’s awards.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Huge congrats to the winners of the inaugural Alderbrink Awards for best fine press books published in 2025! 📚
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I'm hearing a new round of layoffs just hit Penguin Random House. No news coverage yet so I'm not sure how large.
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I'm hearing a new round of layoffs just hit Penguin Random House. No news coverage yet so I'm not sure how large.
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Popped into Goodreads today and at least 50% of its reviews scream ChatGPT now.
November 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Popped into Goodreads today and at least 50% of its reviews scream ChatGPT now.
Awful news for book, film, and TV criticism.
Today, Paste Magazine shuttered all its non-music verticals, a choice I am both professionally and personally heartbroken about. Sadly, I am once again looking for a place that wants to let me write about Books and TV on the regular, so hit me up if that’s you or anyone you know.
November 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Awful news for book, film, and TV criticism.
Surprise: Morning Belle Edition is now printing all three works composed at Villa Diodati during the Year Without a Summer: Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN, Polidori's THE VAMPYRE, and Bryon's FRAGMENT. alderbr.ink/2025/11/14/s...
Surprise: Morning Bell Edition adds Polidori’s ‘Vampyre’ to its ‘Frankenstein’
Morning Bell Edition has announced the addition of a second, limited-edition book to its ongoing Frankenstein Kickstarter campaign.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Surprise: Morning Belle Edition is now printing all three works composed at Villa Diodati during the Year Without a Summer: Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN, Polidori's THE VAMPYRE, and Bryon's FRAGMENT. alderbr.ink/2025/11/14/s...
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Just want you to know that when I asked Geoff why he gave the silent treatment to an open letter written by his own "future of games" program (& co-signed by 3000+ industry peers), he replied:
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
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“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Just want you to know that when I asked Geoff why he gave the silent treatment to an open letter written by his own "future of games" program (& co-signed by 3000+ industry peers), he replied:
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
If you ask for book recommendations for a specific month or season, you will get recs for everything *but* that specific month or season.
This is incredible because I scrolled through at least 3 dozen comments and every single one was from a month other than December 😭
What interesting books are being released in December?
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
If you ask for book recommendations for a specific month or season, you will get recs for everything *but* that specific month or season.
Come and see me in the four greatest American cities — NYC, Chicago, Chapel Hill, and Spartanburg.
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Come and see me in the four greatest American cities — NYC, Chicago, Chapel Hill, and Spartanburg.
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I support Plur1bus’s mission of giving an X-Files writer what appears to be a billion dollars.
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I support Plur1bus’s mission of giving an X-Files writer what appears to be a billion dollars.
I will forever be obsessed with the aesthetics of The Lakeside Press, my favorite piece of Chicago history. Here's their 1915 holiday card, with a view of Dearborn Station's original pitched roof through the windows.
November 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I will forever be obsessed with the aesthetics of The Lakeside Press, my favorite piece of Chicago history. Here's their 1915 holiday card, with a view of Dearborn Station's original pitched roof through the windows.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
Yesterday, 12+ Conde Nast staffers went to Stan Duncan, Head of HR, to ask questions about the Teen Vogue cuts.
Duncan told them to "return to work."
Hours later, 4 were fired for the "extreme misconduct" of ... trying to ask Duncan questions.
www.semafor.com/article/11/0...
Duncan told them to "return to work."
Hours later, 4 were fired for the "extreme misconduct" of ... trying to ask Duncan questions.
www.semafor.com/article/11/0...
Condé Nast abruptly fires 4 staffers after HR confrontation
The firings were an unsubtle message to its employee union that the publisher was taking a harder line in its dealings with employees.
www.semafor.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Yesterday, 12+ Conde Nast staffers went to Stan Duncan, Head of HR, to ask questions about the Teen Vogue cuts.
Duncan told them to "return to work."
Hours later, 4 were fired for the "extreme misconduct" of ... trying to ask Duncan questions.
www.semafor.com/article/11/0...
Duncan told them to "return to work."
Hours later, 4 were fired for the "extreme misconduct" of ... trying to ask Duncan questions.
www.semafor.com/article/11/0...
Going for a walk at 4pm Standard Time.
November 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Going for a walk at 4pm Standard Time.
Finished copies are here. 🥹
November 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Finished copies are here. 🥹
For Alderbrink, I got a hands-on look at @foliosociety.bsky.social's A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ, "a must-have for Foliophiles and discerning sci-fi collectors alike."
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Folio’s ‘A Canticle for Leibowitz’
The Folio Society edition of Walter M. Miller Jr.’s A Canticle for Leibowitz ($100) is an ambitious release that takes big swings when it comes to design.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
For Alderbrink, I got a hands-on look at @foliosociety.bsky.social's A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ, "a must-have for Foliophiles and discerning sci-fi collectors alike."
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During Daylight Saving Time I'll go see a movie at 10pm without giving it a second thought.
During Standard Time leaving the house after 4pm gives me anxiety.
During Standard Time leaving the house after 4pm gives me anxiety.
November 2, 2025 at 11:47 PM
During Daylight Saving Time I'll go see a movie at 10pm without giving it a second thought.
During Standard Time leaving the house after 4pm gives me anxiety.
During Standard Time leaving the house after 4pm gives me anxiety.
The 1933 theatrical release poster for Universal's THE INVISIBLE MAN (left) is an all-timer, but the teaser poster (right) is just unbelievably good. There's something anachronistically modern about it, like the guerilla marketing for a period horror that came out last year.
October 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The 1933 theatrical release poster for Universal's THE INVISIBLE MAN (left) is an all-timer, but the teaser poster (right) is just unbelievably good. There's something anachronistically modern about it, like the guerilla marketing for a period horror that came out last year.
Need another week or two of October. Went by too fast.
October 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Need another week or two of October. Went by too fast.
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗
October 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗
Hot 1931 take: Universal's DRACULA is still mesmerizing but FRANKENSTEIN is a slog.
October 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Hot 1931 take: Universal's DRACULA is still mesmerizing but FRANKENSTEIN is a slog.
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I have such good taste! Or @thefrontlist.org does! or both of us. I blurbed and highly recommend two excellent books on this list — @thelincoln.bsky.social‘s METALLIC REALMS and @annanorth.bsky.social’s BOG QUEEN. and my SEARCHES is on there too! 🎉
For Esquire, I updated my best books of the year list to include 7 new titles that have dropped since May. www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
The 27 Best Books of 2025 (So Far)
Whether you’re looking for a compelling nonfiction mystery, a charming fantasy escape, or a suspenseful science fiction thriller, this year's literary slate has something for everyone.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I have such good taste! Or @thefrontlist.org does! or both of us. I blurbed and highly recommend two excellent books on this list — @thelincoln.bsky.social‘s METALLIC REALMS and @annanorth.bsky.social’s BOG QUEEN. and my SEARCHES is on there too! 🎉