As a veteran of city rallies, I found No Kings Day in the trending-blue Philly suburbs fascinating: hundreds of protestors lining the Baltimore Pike (peacefully avoiding interactions with mingling MAGAs), while cars honked in solidarity (with MAGA middle fingers mixed in). A beautiful afternoon.

As a veteran of city rallies, I found No Kings Day in the trending-blue Philly suburbs fascinating: hundreds of protestors lining the Baltimore Pike (peacefully avoiding interactions with mingling MAGAs), while cars honked in solidarity (with MAGA middle fingers mixed in). A beautiful afternoon.

More thoughtful and intense than "happy hour"! Thank you, Yale Club of New York, for last night's event about *My Hijacking.*

Wonderful evening last night at Rotary Arts, in conversation with brilliant poet Nat Anderson, Swarthmore College, talking about *My Hijacking.* Great audience!

Linda Hodes, 1931 - 2025. She was the oldest living Martha Graham dancer.

A wonderful evening at The Quadrangle in Haverford, PA . . . even though a lightning strike and phenomenal storm meant no lights or tech! No matter. The audience was so engaged, with beautiful, caring questions. Thank you. (pic taken before the lights went out)

History-relevant messages at Philadelphia's No Kings protest today.

Bowdoin College 45th reunion: I was not there, but my book was--and Bowdoin friends make an appearance in the memoir. Thank you, Bowdoin, for the shout-out.

*My Hijacking* recently displayed at Authors' Celebration, NYU Center for the Humanities. Thank you!
[Photo credit: ©Braddock Jr.: Courtesy of NYU Photo Bureau]

On this 160th anniversary of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, I quote from his magisterial Gettysburg Address, 1863: "that this nation . . . shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

" . . . that this nation. . . shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth": Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1863, and today in New York City (and all over the country).

So deeply looking forward to reading this book about race, color, enslavement, freedom, and, most of all, family, by the ever-brilliant Martha Jones, @marthasjones.bsky.social. *The Color of Trouble: An American Family Memoir*

"It is ... for us, the living" to "be dedicated to the great task remaining before us" that "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

Two wonderful sessions at #AHA25. Honored.

Full-page ad in this week’s New Yorker! Happy to have an essay in this beautiful volume.

Well, stamped at Heathrow, but the trip was to Wales. And before that, winter in Copenhagen too (rare November day warm enough to sit outside with coffee).

Great book event last night at the Swarthmore Discussion Group, Swarthmore, Pa., talking about *My Hijacking* with an interested and empathetic audience. Thank you!