Michael Luo
@michaelluo.bsky.social
New Yorker executive editor; author of “Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America” from Doubleday.
Next week's @newyorker.com cover. www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Next week's @newyorker.com cover. www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
Sally Yates, the former acting general, is joining our Justice on Trial panel @newyorkerfest! Yates, of course, refused to defend Trump’s Muslim ban and was fired. She’ll be in conversation with Jeannie Suk Gersen, Ruth Marcus, and Amy Davidson Sorkin. I’ll be your moderator. festival.newyorker.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Sally Yates, the former acting general, is joining our Justice on Trial panel @newyorkerfest! Yates, of course, refused to defend Trump’s Muslim ban and was fired. She’ll be in conversation with Jeannie Suk Gersen, Ruth Marcus, and Amy Davidson Sorkin. I’ll be your moderator. festival.newyorker.com
Next week's @newyorker.com cover. www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
September 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Next week's @newyorker.com cover. www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
A new book event on September 24th with China Institute! I’ll be in conversation with Susan Yuqing Feng, the institute’s director of programs. Wine and light refreshments will be served. The event will also be on the institute’s YouTube channel. Tickets here! chinainstitute.org/event/strang...
August 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A new book event on September 24th with China Institute! I’ll be in conversation with Susan Yuqing Feng, the institute’s director of programs. Wine and light refreshments will be served. The event will also be on the institute’s YouTube channel. Tickets here! chinainstitute.org/event/strang...
This is today at 2 pm! A virtual event with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Register here! marketing.gilderlehrman.org/l/941553/202...
July 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is today at 2 pm! A virtual event with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Register here! marketing.gilderlehrman.org/l/941553/202...
On Sunday at 2 pm, I’m doing a virtual event for “Strangers in the Land” with the Gilda Lehrman Institute of American History. Join us! Registration link here: marketing.gilderlehrman.org/l/941553/202...
July 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
On Sunday at 2 pm, I’m doing a virtual event for “Strangers in the Land” with the Gilda Lehrman Institute of American History. Join us! Registration link here: marketing.gilderlehrman.org/l/941553/202...
What a thrill to be able to go on @thedailyshow.com with @ronnychieng.bsky.social and talk about Strangers in the Land, the archives, and Stephen Miller. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_7J...
July 9, 2025 at 4:16 AM
What a thrill to be able to go on @thedailyshow.com with @ronnychieng.bsky.social and talk about Strangers in the Land, the archives, and Stephen Miller. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_7J...
Tonight at 11 pm on Comedy Central! Thanks @thedailyshow.com and @ronnychieng.bsky.social for having me on to talk about Strangers in the Land!
July 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Tonight at 11 pm on Comedy Central! Thanks @thedailyshow.com and @ronnychieng.bsky.social for having me on to talk about Strangers in the Land!
Just stunned by the Diego Jota news. #ynwa www.nytimes.com/athletic/647...
July 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Just stunned by the Diego Jota news. #ynwa www.nytimes.com/athletic/647...
More than 600 registrations for this virtual event tonight! Join Lisa See and I, in partnership with the 1871 Memorial Project and many others. bit.ly/3H0VnnB
June 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
More than 600 registrations for this virtual event tonight! Join Lisa See and I, in partnership with the 1871 Memorial Project and many others. bit.ly/3H0VnnB
Happy pub day @eosnos.bsky.social! Go buy this book! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ha...
June 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Happy pub day @eosnos.bsky.social! Go buy this book! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ha...
Chatted w/ Walter Isaacson abt “Strangers in the Land” for @amanpourcopbs.bsky.social. We talked about how the Chinese were protagonists in the story of America and my anxieties as I watch politicians in both parties become increasingly bellicose about China. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1di...
June 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Chatted w/ Walter Isaacson abt “Strangers in the Land” for @amanpourcopbs.bsky.social. We talked about how the Chinese were protagonists in the story of America and my anxieties as I watch politicians in both parties become increasingly bellicose about China. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1di...
Got up early to talk about “Strangers in the Land” on @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social. We discussed Chinese immigrants’ use of habeas corpus, the rhetoric of “invasion,” and other parallels to the current moment. www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/...
May 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Got up early to talk about “Strangers in the Land” on @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social. We discussed Chinese immigrants’ use of habeas corpus, the rhetoric of “invasion,” and other parallels to the current moment. www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/...
Looking forward to joining @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social tomorrow (5/26) at 7:40 am to talk about “Strangers in the Land” and history’s lessons for the current moment. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704981...
May 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Looking forward to joining @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social tomorrow (5/26) at 7:40 am to talk about “Strangers in the Land” and history’s lessons for the current moment. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704981...
Interesting reader mail from my piece on, “Who Gets to Be an American?” and the country’s long-running struggle with the impulses of racism, suspicion, and paranoia. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
May 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Interesting reader mail from my piece on, “Who Gets to Be an American?” and the country’s long-running struggle with the impulses of racism, suspicion, and paranoia. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
For folks who haven’t been able to come to a Strangers in the Land event in-person, I’m doing a virtual event tonight with the Mark Twain House in Connecticut. Join us! marktwainhouse.org/event/strang...
May 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
For folks who haven’t been able to come to a Strangers in the Land event in-person, I’m doing a virtual event tonight with the Mark Twain House in Connecticut. Join us! marktwainhouse.org/event/strang...
New York friends! Would love to see you for this conversation @nyhistory.bsky.social with Radhika Jones, EIC of @vanityfair.com, on May 21st about "Strangers in the Land." Really looking forward to this one. www.nyhistory.org/programs/str...
May 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
New York friends! Would love to see you for this conversation @nyhistory.bsky.social with Radhika Jones, EIC of @vanityfair.com, on May 21st about "Strangers in the Land." Really looking forward to this one. www.nyhistory.org/programs/str...
Final stop in this crazy, nine-cities-in-nine-days sprint across the country and back for the launch of “Strangers in the Land!” Please come out Boston! www.americanancestors.org/events/micha...
May 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Final stop in this crazy, nine-cities-in-nine-days sprint across the country and back for the launch of “Strangers in the Land!” Please come out Boston! www.americanancestors.org/events/micha...
Onward to stop no. 8: Chicago! See you soon. Join @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social and I tonight. chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/6761b...
May 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Onward to stop no. 8: Chicago! See you soon. Join @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social and I tonight. chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/6761b...
See you soon San Diego! libraryfoundationsd.org/events/luo
May 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
See you soon San Diego! libraryfoundationsd.org/events/luo
Thank you San Francisco, stop no. 5 in the 9-cities-in-9-days dash across the country for the launch of “Strangers in the Land!” It was a privilege to get the @ichotiner.bsky.social experience. Thx to Chinese Historical Society of America and Book Passage for hosting. On to San Diego.
May 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Thank you San Francisco, stop no. 5 in the 9-cities-in-9-days dash across the country for the launch of “Strangers in the Land!” It was a privilege to get the @ichotiner.bsky.social experience. Thx to Chinese Historical Society of America and Book Passage for hosting. On to San Diego.
DC friends! Would love to see you tonight at Politics and Prose. I’ll be in conversation with @nytimes.com national editor Jia Lynn Yang.
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April 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
DC friends! Would love to see you tonight at Politics and Prose. I’ll be in conversation with @nytimes.com national editor Jia Lynn Yang.
politics-prose.com/event/2025-0...
politics-prose.com/event/2025-0...
Looking out last night at the packed, standing-room only audience at MOCA for the launch of Strangers in the Land, I got choked up for a moment. This was what I had imagined the book could become—a cause. Thx to @minjinlee.bsky.social for her questions. Grateful for everyone who came out.
April 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Looking out last night at the packed, standing-room only audience at MOCA for the launch of Strangers in the Land, I got choked up for a moment. This was what I had imagined the book could become—a cause. Thx to @minjinlee.bsky.social for her questions. Grateful for everyone who came out.
Now on sale! “This is not just the story of the Chinese in America; it’s the story of any number of immigrant groups who have been treated as strangers. It’s the story of our diverse democracy. It’s the story of us.” www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704981...
April 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Now on sale! “This is not just the story of the Chinese in America; it’s the story of any number of immigrant groups who have been treated as strangers. It’s the story of our diverse democracy. It’s the story of us.” www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704981...