As of 3/19/25
Galleys are out for The Front Runner, it’s available for pre-order.
The final, final, final draft was turned on on Feb. 4 and now we hustle.
I won’t be doing any travel outside the region, so I suspect the farthest I’ll travel for the book is Seattle and Portland. Everything else will be podcasts, podcasts, podcasts.
If you’re someone who does running-related stuff, deliver me an email.
Anti-Social Media Feed
Love me a good Amanda Petrusich feature: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/24/the-subversive-love-songs-of-lucy-dacus
—March 19, 2025, 4:53 PM
Making slides for a talk I’m giving.
—March 5, 2025, 8:27 AM
I routinely delete a certain social-media app off my phone once a week, typically (IG). I need it (kinda) for pod promotion. Every time I delete it, it’s like that feeling when you scratch an itch: relief.
—Feb. 28, 2025, 2:07 PM
Sometimes I just gotta make a simple collage.
—Feb. 28, 2025, 1:05 PM
From the assistant of someone I invited on the podcast, “____ thanks you for thinking of her but must [emphasis added] decline.” That “must” feels really personal and unnecessary? Like, it seems mean.
—Feb. 28, 2025, 12:41 PM
So stupid … I went and read some old 1-star reviews of Six Weeks in Saratoga. Spoiler alert: I feel like shit.
—Feb. 25, 2025, 10:43 AM PST
I’m getting really good at replying to emails.
—Feb. 24, 2025, 9:29 AM PST
I did it! I finished reading an issue of The New Yorker cover to cover!
—Feb. 24, 2025, 8:59 AM PST
Stickers are meant to be stuck. No use in stockpiling them.
—Feb. 18, 2025, 11:43 AM PST
It’s pretty silly how excited I am about this old-school book cover I made for my Field Notes journal. Made it with a grocery story paper bag. Gen Xers unite!
—Feb. 18, 2025, 8:42 AM PST
Also, where did all the fun blogs and websites go? YouTube? I miss the old casual browsing of blogs and websites.
—Feb. 5, 2025, 7:40 PM PST
Don’t you hate that feeling when you click on a link thinking it’s a story, but it’s a 90-minute podcast and you’re like, “Damn, not everything has to be a podcast.”
—Feb. 5, 2025, 7:39 PM PST
When Hanif Abdurraqib writes something, you click the link, and read it. End of discussion. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/essay/lessons-for-the-end-of-the-world
—Feb. 5, 2025, 10:26 AM PST
Turned in my book for the final time today. I can’t tell you how excited I am to not look at it for four months. You reach a point where you hate your words SO fucking much.
—Feb. 3, 2025, 1:54 PM PST