Jim Newton
@jnewton100.bsky.social
Writer, editor, teacher: Blueprint magazine at UCLA. Author of biographies. Next up: “Here Beside the Rising Tide”
So thankful to my friend @rabcarian.bsky.social and to Writers Bloc for a lively and heartwarming conversation last night about @jerrygarcia.com, the @grateful-dead.bsky.social and American counterculture, all of which feels very timely and important. Thank you!
September 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
So thankful to my friend @rabcarian.bsky.social and to Writers Bloc for a lively and heartwarming conversation last night about @jerrygarcia.com, the @grateful-dead.bsky.social and American counterculture, all of which feels very timely and important. Thank you!
How happy does this make me? I’m in San Francisco, celebrating the dedication of “Jerry Garcia Street” with the magnificent Trixie Garcia. Bliss.
August 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How happy does this make me? I’m in San Francisco, celebrating the dedication of “Jerry Garcia Street” with the magnificent Trixie Garcia. Bliss.
Wrapped the audio version of “Here Beside the Rising Tide,” my @jerrygarcia.com counterculture book this morning. Thanks to Tim Miller and York Recording in LA for pulling it off! Book and audio will be released Aug. 5.
July 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Wrapped the audio version of “Here Beside the Rising Tide,” my @jerrygarcia.com counterculture book this morning. Thanks to Tim Miller and York Recording in LA for pulling it off! Book and audio will be released Aug. 5.
Imagine that at the outset of WWII, Japan had seized California, Oregon and Washington, and a third power then proposed settling the conflict by having the US cede that territory to Japan to avoid further hostilities. Would we have welcomed that?
April 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Imagine that at the outset of WWII, Japan had seized California, Oregon and Washington, and a third power then proposed settling the conflict by having the US cede that territory to Japan to avoid further hostilities. Would we have welcomed that?
The art of “surrender diplomacy.”
April 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The art of “surrender diplomacy.”