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NPR’s “All Things Considered”

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September 23, 2024In which I ruminate about the days of fine dining and frequent hijackings in American airspace.

A Boston Globe Top Nonfiction Book of 2013

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September 23, 2024“A book that hums with the revolutionary, paranoid energy of the era.”

A New York Times Top 10 of 2013

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September 23, 2024“A pure pop masterpiece…Reading this is like watching a Scorsese movie, or hearing the best song of summer squirt out of the radio.

A San Francisco Chronicle Recommended Book of 2013

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September 23, 2024Year-end praise from Western Airline 701’s second stop.

A ThinkProgress “Year in Culture” Best Book

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September 23, 2024“A fascinating, sometimes funny, often very sad reminder of the short span of our historical memories.”

A KQED Best Book of 2013

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September 23, 2024“History, writ large and small, has never been so engaging.”

A NYTBR Notable Book of 2013

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September 23, 2024Finding deeper truths about the nature of extremism.

A Slate Staff Pick for 2013

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September 23, 2024“A mesmerizing account…”

BookCourt in Brooklyn

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7 p.m. @ BookCourt 163 Court Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 (718) 875-3677 A conversation about terrorism with Gregory D. Johnsen; alcohol afterwards

New York Public Library

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6:30 p.m. @ the NYPL’s Mid-Manhattan branch 455 Fifth Avenue (6th Floor) New York, NY 10016 A multimedia spectacular at the NYPL

ThinkProgress

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September 23, 2024“One of the most intriguing pieces of non-fiction I’ve read this year.”

Queens Reading

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7 p.m. @ Molly Blooms 43-13 Queens Blvd Sunnyside, NY 11104 (718) 433-1916 My long-awaited hometown Skies event!

Portsmouth (NH) Reading

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7 p.m. @ RiverRun Bookstore 142 Fleet Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 (603) 431-2100

Cambridge (MA) Reading

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7 p.m. @ Porter Square Books Porter Square Shopping Center 25 White Street Cambridge, MA 02140 (617) 491-2220

MSNBC

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September 23, 2024An extremely rare chance to catch me wearing makeup and a tie.

Winston-Salem Journal

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September 23, 2024“Captures well the terror and lunacy of those times.”

Minnesota Public Radio

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September 23, 2024A corker of a segment on MPR’s “The Daily Circuit.”

Book TV

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September 23, 2024C-SPAN’s coverage of my talk at the Jimmmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta.

The National

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September 23, 2024A thoughtful rave from Abu Dhabi.

WITF Smart Talk

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September 23, 2024An absorbing chat with a living legend of Pennsylvanian radio.