E.A. Hanks
@eahanks.bsky.social
"The 10" is now available to pre-order from Gallery Books at Simon & Schuster: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-10/E-A-Hanks/9781982131296
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eahanks.substack.com/p/when-arend... The problem with “we need to stay and fight” is that by the time the BC/AD switch happens, it will be too late. It will be too late, but it will feel like it hasn’t even started yet — because we’re expecting fascism.
When Arendt Knew
Hannah Arendt was arrested by the Gestapo for going to the library too much.
eahanks.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
eahanks.substack.com/p/when-arend... The problem with “we need to stay and fight” is that by the time the BC/AD switch happens, it will be too late. It will be too late, but it will feel like it hasn’t even started yet — because we’re expecting fascism.
eahanks.substack.com/p/when-arend... The problem with “we need to stay and fight” is that by the time the BC/AD switch happens, it will be too late. It will be too late, but it will feel like it hasn’t even started yet — because we’re expecting fascism.
When Arendt Knew
Hannah Arendt was arrested by the Gestapo for going to the library too much.
eahanks.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
eahanks.substack.com/p/when-arend... The problem with “we need to stay and fight” is that by the time the BC/AD switch happens, it will be too late. It will be too late, but it will feel like it hasn’t even started yet — because we’re expecting fascism.
Here's six books from different genres that I recommend. For god's sake buy a Lonely Planet guide and support real travel reporting. pagesix.com/2025/05/01/s...
E.A. Hanks is ‘happiest’ when she has a book in her hands
“The 10: A Memoir of Family And The Open Road” author says that she’s always reading throughout the day.
pagesix.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Here's six books from different genres that I recommend. For god's sake buy a Lonely Planet guide and support real travel reporting. pagesix.com/2025/05/01/s...
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"If someone wants to talk about their hometown, it's an elevator to their deepest self."
-E.A. Hanks
www.cbsnews.com/news/e-a-hanks-tom-hanks-reaction-memoir-the-ten/
-E.A. Hanks
www.cbsnews.com/news/e-a-hanks-tom-hanks-reaction-memoir-the-ten/
April 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
"If someone wants to talk about their hometown, it's an elevator to their deepest self."
-E.A. Hanks
www.cbsnews.com/news/e-a-hanks-tom-hanks-reaction-memoir-the-ten/
-E.A. Hanks
www.cbsnews.com/news/e-a-hanks-tom-hanks-reaction-memoir-the-ten/
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0... “The 10” is vibrantly alive with vulnerability and courageous honesty. Hanks’s voice is fresh and true.
Review | Tom Hanks’s daughter seeks answers about her complicated mother
In her memoir, “The 10,” E.A. Hanks explores her tumultuous childhood and tries to understand her mother, Susan Dillingham, who died in 2002 of cancer.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0... “The 10” is vibrantly alive with vulnerability and courageous honesty. Hanks’s voice is fresh and true.
That time a famous person's wife read me for filth in the Gawker comments and Nora told me to tell everyone. So I do. Kinda. eahanks.substack.com/p/the-plus-o...
April 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
That time a famous person's wife read me for filth in the Gawker comments and Nora told me to tell everyone. So I do. Kinda. eahanks.substack.com/p/the-plus-o...
Let the Bottled Water Podcast Tour Begin! You can listen to me talk about tacos and trauma, murder and mothers, the sitch with the South on the Now What podcast with Carole Zimmer wherever you cast your various pods.
www.carolezimmer.com/now-what-fee...
www.carolezimmer.com/now-what-fee...
Episode 162: E.A. Hanks — Carole Zimmer
Elizabeth Ann Hanks is a writer. She’s also the daughter of Tom Hanks. Her mother Samantha was married to Tom Hanks before he became a movie star. Elizabeth grew up with her mother and older brother i...
www.carolezimmer.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Let the Bottled Water Podcast Tour Begin! You can listen to me talk about tacos and trauma, murder and mothers, the sitch with the South on the Now What podcast with Carole Zimmer wherever you cast your various pods.
www.carolezimmer.com/now-what-fee...
www.carolezimmer.com/now-what-fee...
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AOC: Fox News and the right-wing would have you believe that these American values are something out of The Communist Manifesto. But let me tell you Fox News, I don’t believe in healthcare, labor, and human rights because I’m a Marxist.. I believe it because I was a waitress.
March 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
AOC: Fox News and the right-wing would have you believe that these American values are something out of The Communist Manifesto. But let me tell you Fox News, I don’t believe in healthcare, labor, and human rights because I’m a Marxist.. I believe it because I was a waitress.
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Come watch my pops and me in a lengthy discussion about dehydrated enchiladas and also my book, "The 10." Live and online April 8 @92ndstreety.bsky.social www.92ny.org/event/tom-an...
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February 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Come watch my pops and me in a lengthy discussion about dehydrated enchiladas and also my book, "The 10." Live and online April 8 @92ndstreety.bsky.social www.92ny.org/event/tom-an...
Mustaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaard.
February 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Mustaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaard.
In 1996 my mother and I drove from California to Florida, via interstate 10. Years after her death, I found her journal, and read in its pages something that sent me back to explore 2,460 miles. "The 10" is almost here. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-10...
February 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In 1996 my mother and I drove from California to Florida, via interstate 10. Years after her death, I found her journal, and read in its pages something that sent me back to explore 2,460 miles. "The 10" is almost here. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-10...
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Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
January 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
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URGENT: Here’s a list of campaigns to support Black families displaced by the LA fires. Bit.ly/rebuildAD
h/t: @ykreborn.bsky.social
h/t: @ykreborn.bsky.social
Displaced Black Families GoFund Me Directory
Bit.ly
January 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
URGENT: Here’s a list of campaigns to support Black families displaced by the LA fires. Bit.ly/rebuildAD
h/t: @ykreborn.bsky.social
h/t: @ykreborn.bsky.social
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I fuckin love LA so much.
I know a lot of people like to hate on the city, but I don’t give a shit?LA rules.
At its core, Los Angeles is a proud blue-collar city with people from all walks of life. Then the creative black sheep from every family comes here to create together.
I know a lot of people like to hate on the city, but I don’t give a shit?LA rules.
At its core, Los Angeles is a proud blue-collar city with people from all walks of life. Then the creative black sheep from every family comes here to create together.
January 9, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I fuckin love LA so much.
I know a lot of people like to hate on the city, but I don’t give a shit?LA rules.
At its core, Los Angeles is a proud blue-collar city with people from all walks of life. Then the creative black sheep from every family comes here to create together.
I know a lot of people like to hate on the city, but I don’t give a shit?LA rules.
At its core, Los Angeles is a proud blue-collar city with people from all walks of life. Then the creative black sheep from every family comes here to create together.
Friends took food to their local fire station and were told the move is to donate to the Red Cross. Lots of people lost everything but not everyone will be able to rebuild. www.redcross.org/donate/donat...
I support the American Red Cross
Support the American Red Cross today. Please visit our website to donate now. Financial donations of any size help fund our mission.
www.redcross.org
January 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Friends took food to their local fire station and were told the move is to donate to the Red Cross. Lots of people lost everything but not everyone will be able to rebuild. www.redcross.org/donate/donat...
I was asked by @marklotto.bsky.social if I would like to write about the fires in our town. I love LA.
Opinion | Things we lost in the fire
The Pacific Palisades was a village, my village — and now it’s gone.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I was asked by @marklotto.bsky.social if I would like to write about the fires in our town. I love LA.
Mutual Aid LA is updating this list of resources for free PPE, animal shelters, food and supplies. Spread the word and the help. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
MALAN Fire & Wind Storm Resources
docs.google.com
January 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Mutual Aid LA is updating this list of resources for free PPE, animal shelters, food and supplies. Spread the word and the help. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Whatever you are hearing about the fires here in LA, they are worse.
January 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Whatever you are hearing about the fires here in LA, they are worse.
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May delete this later, but here goes:
I'm up for sabbatical in 2027. That's when I hope to launch a writer's retreat and residence in Detroit. Focused primarily (not exclusively) on Black children's authors & illustrators.
Do I have the money? Or a building? No, not yet!
But I do have 🙏🏿 & A Plan!
I'm up for sabbatical in 2027. That's when I hope to launch a writer's retreat and residence in Detroit. Focused primarily (not exclusively) on Black children's authors & illustrators.
Do I have the money? Or a building? No, not yet!
But I do have 🙏🏿 & A Plan!
December 31, 2024 at 10:16 PM
May delete this later, but here goes:
I'm up for sabbatical in 2027. That's when I hope to launch a writer's retreat and residence in Detroit. Focused primarily (not exclusively) on Black children's authors & illustrators.
Do I have the money? Or a building? No, not yet!
But I do have 🙏🏿 & A Plan!
I'm up for sabbatical in 2027. That's when I hope to launch a writer's retreat and residence in Detroit. Focused primarily (not exclusively) on Black children's authors & illustrators.
Do I have the money? Or a building? No, not yet!
But I do have 🙏🏿 & A Plan!
Oh no! It finally happened!
December 20, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Oh no! It finally happened!
May I suggest that you watch "My Neighbour Totoro"? It will help.
December 10, 2024 at 8:22 PM
May I suggest that you watch "My Neighbour Totoro"? It will help.
But can you even write about LA if you haven't been on a date that was a surprise trip to the Celebrity Center?
December 4, 2024 at 4:26 PM
But can you even write about LA if you haven't been on a date that was a surprise trip to the Celebrity Center?