Lance Richardson
@lancerichardson.bsky.social
Writer. Australian/American. TRUE NATURE, my biography of Peter Matthiessen, out October 2025. Faculty in the Bennington MFA in Writing program. He/him. www.lancenrichardson.com
A very fun evening chatting with Francesca Wade about Gertrude Stein and Peter Matthiessen at Riffraff in Providence, my beloved local bookstore.
November 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A very fun evening chatting with Francesca Wade about Gertrude Stein and Peter Matthiessen at Riffraff in Providence, my beloved local bookstore.
Bought myself a present: a mint-condition advance reader copy of Pynchon’s “Mason & Dixon” from 1997.
November 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Bought myself a present: a mint-condition advance reader copy of Pynchon’s “Mason & Dixon” from 1997.
An uncanny coincidence: this is the bookmark slipped into a new book I bought at The Lynx earlier this week — the same day I saw sandhill cranes in Florida, which I was visiting to give a talk on Matthiessen.
November 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
An uncanny coincidence: this is the bookmark slipped into a new book I bought at The Lynx earlier this week — the same day I saw sandhill cranes in Florida, which I was visiting to give a talk on Matthiessen.
Finished this morn, and while reading I periodically wondered if I was having a stroke, or experiencing that strange rush of meaningless-yet-meaningful images you get when returning to consciousness after passing out. Loved it.
October 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Finished this morn, and while reading I periodically wondered if I was having a stroke, or experiencing that strange rush of meaningless-yet-meaningful images you get when returning to consciousness after passing out. Loved it.
Two book events this weekend! Both with exceptional writer friends.
Saturday in DC: Politics & Prose with @carlhoffman.bsky.social at 3pm. Details here: politics-prose.com/lance-richar...
Sunday in Providence: Riffraff with @francescawade.bsky.social at 6pm. Details here: riffraffpvd.com/events/
Saturday in DC: Politics & Prose with @carlhoffman.bsky.social at 3pm. Details here: politics-prose.com/lance-richar...
Sunday in Providence: Riffraff with @francescawade.bsky.social at 6pm. Details here: riffraffpvd.com/events/
October 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Two book events this weekend! Both with exceptional writer friends.
Saturday in DC: Politics & Prose with @carlhoffman.bsky.social at 3pm. Details here: politics-prose.com/lance-richar...
Sunday in Providence: Riffraff with @francescawade.bsky.social at 6pm. Details here: riffraffpvd.com/events/
Saturday in DC: Politics & Prose with @carlhoffman.bsky.social at 3pm. Details here: politics-prose.com/lance-richar...
Sunday in Providence: Riffraff with @francescawade.bsky.social at 6pm. Details here: riffraffpvd.com/events/
Talking tonight about Matthiessen, The Paris Review, the CIA, and various other things with @pgourevitch.bsky.social at the Leon Levy Center for Biography. Going to be a fun one.
Free in-person and livestream tickets here: www.leonlevycenterforbiography.com/events/lance...
Free in-person and livestream tickets here: www.leonlevycenterforbiography.com/events/lance...
October 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Talking tonight about Matthiessen, The Paris Review, the CIA, and various other things with @pgourevitch.bsky.social at the Leon Levy Center for Biography. Going to be a fun one.
Free in-person and livestream tickets here: www.leonlevycenterforbiography.com/events/lance...
Free in-person and livestream tickets here: www.leonlevycenterforbiography.com/events/lance...
Two book events this week!
Tuesday eve: Broadside Books, in Northampton, with Hans Teensma and @daeganmiller.bsky.social.
Thursday night: The Leon Levy Center for Biography, in Manhattan, with @pgourevitch.bsky.social.
Both will be wonderful. Links below.
(Pic of the first Paris Review office.)
Tuesday eve: Broadside Books, in Northampton, with Hans Teensma and @daeganmiller.bsky.social.
Thursday night: The Leon Levy Center for Biography, in Manhattan, with @pgourevitch.bsky.social.
Both will be wonderful. Links below.
(Pic of the first Paris Review office.)
October 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Two book events this week!
Tuesday eve: Broadside Books, in Northampton, with Hans Teensma and @daeganmiller.bsky.social.
Thursday night: The Leon Levy Center for Biography, in Manhattan, with @pgourevitch.bsky.social.
Both will be wonderful. Links below.
(Pic of the first Paris Review office.)
Tuesday eve: Broadside Books, in Northampton, with Hans Teensma and @daeganmiller.bsky.social.
Thursday night: The Leon Levy Center for Biography, in Manhattan, with @pgourevitch.bsky.social.
Both will be wonderful. Links below.
(Pic of the first Paris Review office.)
What a strange but lovely week.
October 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
What a strange but lovely week.
A dream launch at the New York Public Library last night.
October 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A dream launch at the New York Public Library last night.
Eight years ago, I drove to Sag Harbor and sat down for tea with Maria Matthiessen, telling her I wanted to write a book about her late husband, Peter. She warned me against it: a Sisyphean task! I pushed on anyway. (Maria was right.) And today, miraculously, is publication day for TRUE NATURE.
October 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Eight years ago, I drove to Sag Harbor and sat down for tea with Maria Matthiessen, telling her I wanted to write a book about her late husband, Peter. She warned me against it: a Sisyphean task! I pushed on anyway. (Maria was right.) And today, miraculously, is publication day for TRUE NATURE.
Launch events next week!
NYPL: www.showclix.com/event/richar...
BPL: www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/lan...
NWS: nationalwritersseries.org/author-event...
NYPL: www.showclix.com/event/richar...
BPL: www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/lan...
NWS: nationalwritersseries.org/author-event...
October 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Launch events next week!
NYPL: www.showclix.com/event/richar...
BPL: www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/lan...
NWS: nationalwritersseries.org/author-event...
NYPL: www.showclix.com/event/richar...
BPL: www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/lan...
NWS: nationalwritersseries.org/author-event...
Please excuse a little self-promotion over the next few weeks as I launch my book. I'm doing a whole bunch of in-person events across the country, but this virtual talk with Doug Stanton for the National Writers Series will be a lot of fun.
nationalwritersseries.org/author-event...
nationalwritersseries.org/author-event...
October 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Please excuse a little self-promotion over the next few weeks as I launch my book. I'm doing a whole bunch of in-person events across the country, but this virtual talk with Doug Stanton for the National Writers Series will be a lot of fun.
nationalwritersseries.org/author-event...
nationalwritersseries.org/author-event...
Twins. US and U.K. editions.
October 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Twins. US and U.K. editions.
Book Launch! October 14 at the New York Public Library. Should be a really fun evening. Tickets (free) here: www.showclix.com/event/richar...
September 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Book Launch! October 14 at the New York Public Library. Should be a really fun evening. Tickets (free) here: www.showclix.com/event/richar...
Age yourself with a movie you saw in a theater as a kid.
September 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Age yourself with a movie you saw in a theater as a kid.
Perfect movie. Flawless.
September 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Perfect movie. Flawless.
And today I finally saw it for myself. The printing is perfect. Eight years of work in my hands.
September 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
And today I finally saw it for myself. The printing is perfect. Eight years of work in my hands.
Book tour time! Excited to be hitting the road this fall to talk about Matthiessen and TRUE NATURE with these incredible people. Ticket links and full details at lancenrichardson.com/events. ❄️🐆
September 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Book tour time! Excited to be hitting the road this fall to talk about Matthiessen and TRUE NATURE with these incredible people. Ticket links and full details at lancenrichardson.com/events. ❄️🐆
TRUE NATURE in the Washington Post fall books preview. Also a reminder that I need to go and get a prescription for beta-blockers. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
August 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
TRUE NATURE in the Washington Post fall books preview. Also a reminder that I need to go and get a prescription for beta-blockers. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
This essay made me laugh this morning. Never discussed or seriously considered! Sir, these are basic questions of biography, endlessly discussed and agonized over by biographers. You would know that if you’d ever written one yourself. www.commentary.org/articles/jos...
August 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This essay made me laugh this morning. Never discussed or seriously considered! Sir, these are basic questions of biography, endlessly discussed and agonized over by biographers. You would know that if you’d ever written one yourself. www.commentary.org/articles/jos...
Kind of impressive, in its way.
August 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Kind of impressive, in its way.
Final UK/Australia cover of TRUE NATURE, and the blurbs on the back. Out October 16.
August 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Final UK/Australia cover of TRUE NATURE, and the blurbs on the back. Out October 16.
Final North America cover of TRUE NATURE, and the blurbs on the back. Out October 14.
August 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Final North America cover of TRUE NATURE, and the blurbs on the back. Out October 14.
Pretty wild (and excellent) choice here. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/b...
July 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Pretty wild (and excellent) choice here. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/b...