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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

already emailed a few of them! I love teens. 🥹

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Scotty Taylor @scottytaylor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I’ve given my copy of this book away twice. I’ve played the audiobook in the car and made family members listen to the entire Introduction. I believe this book is part of a balanced diet of understanding why things are the way they are, and how we got here.

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

lol there was a big debate about this when the book came out and now I can't remember the answer, but it was definitely not Danvers. I want to say Milwaukee?

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

wow I sure can! bookshop.org/a/109816/978...

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The Jarmer Fones @thefarmerjones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Heavy topic but a really engaging read from which you will learn a lot. Highly recommend!

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

well that's extremely nice of you

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

the speed with which I screenshotted this and added it to my "meaningful compliments for bad brain days" desktop folder may have set a world record. 💜

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Laura Lippman @lauralippman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is a terrific book; I listened to the audio version in September as research for a future novel. Smart, incredibly accessible.

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Laura, you WHAT? I am so completely flattered by this coming from you; you've really made my day!

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I don’t believe that incarceration solves anything, but some crimes are so heinous that there’s simply no other choice. I speak, of course, of singing at full volume throughout a cross-country flight.

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I’d stage an intervention but I don’t go to Vegas because I am normal.

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

sorry, when I said it was pathetic to watch a Cal-UNLV game, I thought you meant ON TELEVISION. this is so much worse oh my god???

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

thats the greatest sporting event I’ve ever seen live. Ballhalla is different, man.

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

thats the greatest sporting event I’ve ever seen live. Ballhalla is different, man.

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

speaking at colleges is a pretty big part of my job these days, but getting to do it at the place I’ve always been mere townie felt way cooler than I expected.

Sather Gate, University of California at Berkeley

plaque commemorating Mario Savio at the Free Speech Cafe, UC Berkeley

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

On this week's Kicker, Alison Gerber, a longtime editor at the Chattanooga Times Free Press, on losing her job after twenty-three years. Listen in with host @greenwell.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

No one is better than Caitlin Dickerson at writing about the human costs of our society's deportation obsession. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

When I went to visit Sarah in May, in a Dallas suburb, her 4-year-old son, Johnny, answered the door and asked me: “Do you know when my dad is coming home?”
Before I could answer, Johnny continued: “Do you know what happened to him?” He repeated versions of these questions over the two days of my visit. “Do you know where my dad is? Do you know if he’s okay?”
When the questions would start, Johnny’s 12-year-old sister, Katie, tried to distract him with coloring books and screens. Recently, he’d had an hours-long meltdown when Sarah tried to donate some of Edwin’s work clothes that were crowding the closet. Every afternoon he sits at the front window waiting for his dad’s truck to pull up outside.

She called Marlyn in a panic. After her own experience in detention, Marlyn was terrified of her children ending up in government custody. Estela tried to reassure Marlyn that she wouldn’t let anyone take the boys. But she was also scared that she might not be able to stop it from happening. Tension was building between the two women. Estela despaired about giving up her life to take care of Eber and Isaac. All of her time, and a lot of her money, was going toward the boys’ needs: clothes, school supplies, food, medication. Marlyn, who had no way to repay her, was grateful for the help and embarrassed by how much she needed it. She also worried that her children were becoming too attached to Estela. “She was scared I would keep her kids,” Estela told me. “I said, ‘No, I would never do that, because I’m also a mom.’ ” But she knew that sending the boys to Venezuela could traumatize them all over again. She put Eber in day care so they wouldn’t grow too close.
Eber couldn’t travel until he’d had lung surgery; his doctors said the cyst would become cancerous if it wasn’t removed, and getting the procedure in Venezuela would be nearly impossible. And no airline would be willing to fly Isaac out of the country without a legal guardian or passport.

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

good morning to the New York Liberty and their fans.

new york is gonna be
insufferable all fucking year
they got mamdani and the knicks and mf sabrina????

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maya goldberg-safir @roughnotes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

iconic tweet

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

tysm, the burden of being a ball knower is rough

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chrisdonaghey.bsky.social @chrisdonaghey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My wife is frustrated about her work’s practices, over-focused on # of patients seen, that their education materials/EHR stink. I asked her who owns them, wondering if it was private equity. Lo and behold.. @greenwell.bsky.social Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

let your haters be your waiters baybee

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

so Megan’s flight isn’t taking off tomorrow huh :(

crazy sunset, crazy wind (not pictured), nor’easter coming (also not pictured… yet)

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

good to get it out before her team gets swept in the first round!

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

ugh yes see this is what I should switch to, but I have so many years of shit stored in Trint that switching seems impossible. but yes, seeing people say AI transcription is dangerous is, uh, lol.

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

it is... too many, but I have learned that going a little manic in the early stages of book reporting makes me hate life less later.

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

unfortunately the only way I know how to find book characters is by talking to 1,000 people 😭 I use Trint, which is not perfect, but I like it! It is not cheap, but last time I looked all the cheaper options did train their models on user data, and now it'd be a GIANT PAIN to switch anyway.

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I've been WORKING so don't know why people are debating the merits of AI transcription, but there absolutely are options that don't train their models on your data. I pay $750 a year for mine, which is expensive (but a tax writeoff!) and has allowed me to do 37 interviews this week.

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Money is energy. On a new Kicker, @greenwell.bsky.social interviewed @ruthannh.bsky.social about her road to philanthropy, how she makes her donation decisions, and why more people don’t follow her philosophy of giving. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

been a while since there was an absolute must-listen episode on the radio.

The Argument
Ten years ago, Nikole Hannah-Jones wrote an essay about her decision to send her daughter to a segregated, low-income school. The essay was influential on parents and policymakers, and Nikole spent a decade hearing from people about how it changed their thinking. Now, she hears from one more person: her daughter, in a conversation ten years in the making.
This episode will be available here and on the This American Life podcast on September 27 at 7pm CT.

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

a lot of writers think being “thorough” means showing their work by quoting 1,000 people and trying to cram every possible point in. imo Nikole Hannah-Jones and Rachel Aviv are the masters at doing the opposite: stripping everything away to get at the heart of the matter.

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I have so, so many thoughts — as a white person who attended a “bad” high school, works with FGLI high schoolers, and is reporting on the wildly different reading educations students receive — but my main one is: my god are we lucky that NHJ is willing to write about all the messy complexities.

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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?

A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am on a university account, so I have a permalink for my name, but I THINK you can do this on regular accounts too? (through the website, for some reason they make it impossible to do anything on the app itself)

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Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A fantastic interview with philanthropist @ruthannh.bsky.social by @greenwell.bsky.social on @columjournreview.bsky.social's The Kicker podcast. Ruth Ann is the primary sponsor of the forthcoming @oldstermag.bsky.social podcast, and I couldn't be more grateful. www.cjr.org/kicker/journ...

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The Kicker: Journalism philanthropy, but make it fun.

Ruth Ann Harnisch on life as the fairy godmother of newsletters, podcasts, and blogs.

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

@katemckean.bsky.social Kate your recent newsletter motivated me to FINALLY create a keyboard shortcut for my Zoom link, and now I have no idea how I lived without it. 💜

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If you had lots of money to give away, what kind of journalism would you fund? Ruth Ann Harnisch on life as the fairy godmother of newsletters, podcasts, and blogs, with @greenwell.bsky.social on a new Kicker. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Practical Criticism? I am mostly gonna focus on K-12, but I honestly only know the veeeeery basics about Richards’ work, so tell me more!

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I’m writing a book about teaching reading and what it even means to be “a good reader.” I want to talk to as many teachers, librarians, parents, and students as possible. If you have thoughts about reading, please get in touch at readingmachinebook@gmail.com. (And please pass along!)

THE READING MACHINE By Megan Greenwell
Imprint: Dey Street Books
August 10, 2026
Former Deadspin editor-in-chief and author of BAD COMPANY Megan Greenwell's THE READING MACHINE, a narrative investigation into how policy and profit reshaped the relationship between American children and books, changing what literacy is for and leaving millions of students behind in the process, to Libby Burton at Dey Street Books, at auction, by Anna Sproul-Latimer at Neon Literary (NA).
Rights: kent@neonliterary.com

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