Eryn Brown
@erynbrown.bsky.social
Writer and editor, ATL-NYC-LA. Currently editorial director, Zócalo Public Square.
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It's me and Norman Rockwell, ya'll: my @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social essay on the American Road Trip was just re-published in the @satevepost.bsky.social.
Thanks @erynbrown.bsky.social!
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/07/savi...
Thanks @erynbrown.bsky.social!
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Saving the Great American Road Trip | The Saturday Evening Post
It took Fourth of July fireworks and a stop on Route 66 to remind me of the promise of this place and its people.
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August 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It's me and Norman Rockwell, ya'll: my @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social essay on the American Road Trip was just re-published in the @satevepost.bsky.social.
Thanks @erynbrown.bsky.social!
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/07/savi...
Thanks @erynbrown.bsky.social!
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/07/savi...
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Since we're talking about "treason" again, re-upping my oldie but goodie on the topic (maybe Tulsi needs to read some Dante) www.zocalopublicsquare.org/treason-isnt...
Treason Isn't Just a Crime—It's a Sin of the Heart | Essay | Zócalo Public Square
If you’re looking to nail someone for treason these days, don’t talk to a lawyer. The answer you’ll get will be short and likely disappointing: It’s hard
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July 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Since we're talking about "treason" again, re-upping my oldie but goodie on the topic (maybe Tulsi needs to read some Dante) www.zocalopublicsquare.org/treason-isnt...
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My debut book, Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History, coming in March from W.W. Norton, has a beautiful cover and is available for pre-order! Check it out at this link:
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Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History
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July 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
My debut book, Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History, coming in March from W.W. Norton, has a beautiful cover and is available for pre-order! Check it out at this link:
www.amazon.com/Salt-Lakes-U...
www.amazon.com/Salt-Lakes-U...
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Friends! Here's the longer (by about 100 words), slightly better, and paywall-free version of my essay on the American road trip. With thanks to @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social, @erynbrown.bsky.social, & Sarah Rothbard!
I love that you can see the motel in question right here.
I love that you can see the motel in question right here.
Poet @derekmong.bsky.social had lost his faith in the American road trip. He found it anew in a small town in Texas, on the Fourth of July. zps.la/45NaF9V
Saving the Great American Road Trip | Essay
It Took Fourth of July Fireworks and a Stop on Route 66 to Remind Me of the Promise of This Place and Its People
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July 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Friends! Here's the longer (by about 100 words), slightly better, and paywall-free version of my essay on the American road trip. With thanks to @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social, @erynbrown.bsky.social, & Sarah Rothbard!
I love that you can see the motel in question right here.
I love that you can see the motel in question right here.
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If you're reflecting on this beautiful & flawed & enormous nation right now--and the road trips that hope to capture it all--check out my latest essay in today's @latimes.com.
Thanks to @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social, @erynbrown.bsky.social, & Sarah Rothbard!
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Thanks to @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social, @erynbrown.bsky.social, & Sarah Rothbard!
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: The road trip — sublime, profane and (almost) reclaimed
Driving the country's highways is one way to define the American psyche and a big, beautiful, flawed nation.
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July 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
If you're reflecting on this beautiful & flawed & enormous nation right now--and the road trips that hope to capture it all--check out my latest essay in today's @latimes.com.
Thanks to @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social, @erynbrown.bsky.social, & Sarah Rothbard!
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Thanks to @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social, @erynbrown.bsky.social, & Sarah Rothbard!
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Are you doomscrolling right now?
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What Happens When You Trade Doomscrolling for Hopescrolling
Our phones have become misery machines. Hopescrolling can change that.
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June 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Are you doomscrolling right now?
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A column I wrote from Rome in October 2018 frames the quandary of this California moment quite well. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/will-califor...
How Will California Survive the End of America's Empire? | Connecting California | Zócalo Public Square
How will California survive the end of the American empire? The question might seem hypothetical, but I found it inescapable last week in Rome, where I
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June 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A column I wrote from Rome in October 2018 frames the quandary of this California moment quite well. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/will-califor...
On Saturday, @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social California columnist Joe Mathews (@democracylocal.bsky.social) went to Compton and Paramount to witness the "rebellion." He didn't find it. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/i-went-to-fi...
I Went to Find Trump's 'Rebellion.' I Ended up at a Birthday Party | Connecting California
Reporting in Compton and Paramount on Saturday, I Saw Nothing That Justified Sending in the National Guard
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June 9, 2025 at 3:29 AM
On Saturday, @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social California columnist Joe Mathews (@democracylocal.bsky.social) went to Compton and Paramount to witness the "rebellion." He didn't find it. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/i-went-to-fi...
Just ate my customary rosemary sea salt bagel from Hank's Bagels in Sherman Oaks. @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social is really enjoying its bagels this week, too...(1/3)
June 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Just ate my customary rosemary sea salt bagel from Hank's Bagels in Sherman Oaks. @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social is really enjoying its bagels this week, too...(1/3)
Fun to see this one again
Do forests warm or cool the Earth? What’s their effect on global climate change?
In our 2018 comic, polymath Benjamin Franklin describes the evolution of thought on this issue and what we still don’t know — an essential #ArborDay read 🌳
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In our 2018 comic, polymath Benjamin Franklin describes the evolution of thought on this issue and what we still don’t know — an essential #ArborDay read 🌳
✍️ @erynbrown.bsky.social
🎨 @makinaro.com
Centuries of pondering — and squabbling about — trees
COMIC: Do forests warm or cool the Earth? What’s their effect on global climate change? A comic narrated by polymath Benjamin Franklin describes the evolution of thought on this issue and what we…
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April 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Fun to see this one again
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Why, historically, have societies collected taxes? In 2017, @erynbrown.bsky.social asked sociologist Edgar Kiser Kiser, who studies what motivates people to fight wars or cooperate as nations, and other factors that shape society, to explain why taxes came to be, and how they’re likely to evolve.
Taxes, taxes — past, present and future
Here’s how the inevitable came to be, and where it may be headed
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April 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Why, historically, have societies collected taxes? In 2017, @erynbrown.bsky.social asked sociologist Edgar Kiser Kiser, who studies what motivates people to fight wars or cooperate as nations, and other factors that shape society, to explain why taxes came to be, and how they’re likely to evolve.
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On the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, I invite you to pause and read, on a related topic, Paul Lerner's probing essay for @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social www.zocalopublicsquare.org/is-he-a-fasc...
Is He a Fascist? You Tell Me | Essay
A Historian Teaches Hitler and Mussolini in the Age of Trump
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February 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
On the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, I invite you to pause and read, on a related topic, Paul Lerner's probing essay for @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social www.zocalopublicsquare.org/is-he-a-fasc...
Great time at last week's Zócalo event with @carnegieendowment.org and @nhmla.bsky.social...check out the video and recap here: www.zocalopublicsquare.org/how-can-our-...
How Can Our World Rethink Climate Mobility? | Recent Experience | Zócalo Public Square
Co-presented by Zócalo Public Square and Carnegie California, in partnership with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and Flavors from Afar
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February 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Great time at last week's Zócalo event with @carnegieendowment.org and @nhmla.bsky.social...check out the video and recap here: www.zocalopublicsquare.org/how-can-our-...
Today at Zócalo Public Square: Disordered eating behaviors are on the rise for women and girls—and it's a byproduct of the times we're living in, writes psychologist Giulia Suro. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/post-roe-ame...
In Post-Roe America, Disordered Eating Is On the Rise | Essay
As a psychologist specializing in eating disorders and working primarily with women, I’ve observed a mounting undercurrent over the last eight years as my clients process their position in a world tha...
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February 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Today at Zócalo Public Square: Disordered eating behaviors are on the rise for women and girls—and it's a byproduct of the times we're living in, writes psychologist Giulia Suro. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/post-roe-ame...
Gorgeous essay at Zócalo Public Square today, by Paradise, Calif. firefighter and writer Ibe Liebenberg www.zocalopublicsquare.org/azalea-parad...
An Azalea Grows in Paradise | Essay
On my first day as a seasonal firefighter in Paradise, California, they took me there. They called it Puke Hill, and later I heard them call it Miocene. But I had always known it as Head Dam, a mile-l...
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February 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Gorgeous essay at Zócalo Public Square today, by Paradise, Calif. firefighter and writer Ibe Liebenberg www.zocalopublicsquare.org/azalea-parad...
An important take from @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social friends @oah.org: "Historians often disagree on interpretations...and on which explanations of the past are most compelling…[what we do] not believe is that the primary purpose of history is to instill a single notion of “patriotic education”.
📚✍️ History matters more than ever. OAH Pres. David W. Blight and Exec. Dir. Beth English teamed up to pen a powerful piece. Read their insights and learn why preserving historical accuracy and integrity is vital.
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Trump May Wish to Abolish
the Past. We Historians Will Not.
Commentary from the heads of two prominent historical associations on Trump’s recent executive order on “radical indoctrination” in schools.
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February 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
An important take from @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social friends @oah.org: "Historians often disagree on interpretations...and on which explanations of the past are most compelling…[what we do] not believe is that the primary purpose of history is to instill a single notion of “patriotic education”.