Eric McHenry @henrymceric.bsky.social · 21/08/2026“Somebody’s Baby” doesn’t get enough love for its timeless portrait of a man who discovers that his crush is gay and bravely decides to hit on her anyway 020
Eric McHenry @henrymceric.bsky.social · 11/08/2026It’s weird that you can spell out every number from 1 to 999 and never use the letter A. 110
Reposted by Eric McHenryThe Onion @theonion.com · 02/08/2026Moment Of Silence Followed By Hot Dog Race 415101538
Eric McHenry @henrymceric.bsky.social · 13/03/2026You might also be interested in this short essay about the only surviving picture of Stack Lee: northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...northamericanreview.orgA Picture of Stack Lee | North American Review 010
Eric McHenry @henrymceric.bsky.social · 04/03/2026The online version includes links to rare archival recordings.northamericanreview.orgThe Ballad of Ollie Jackson | North American Review 001
Eric McHenry @henrymceric.bsky.social · 04/03/2026This essay was years in the researching/writing, and I’m thrilled that it landed in such a beautiful magazine. 100
Eric McHenry @henrymceric.bsky.social · 23/02/2026I found a picture of the real Stagger Lee, and it was not what I expected:northamericanreview.orgA Picture of Stack Lee | North American Review 33120
Eric McHenry @henrymceric.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Trump is going to make that little boy give him the Grammy. 000
Eric McHenry @henrymceric.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Hell yeah that’s Nick Offerman raving about my wife’s podcast. Because it’s the best one. 011
Eric McHenry @henrymceric.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Aaron Rodgers in the postgame press conference complaining about “Twitter experts” ruining football. He’s so close to getting it. 000
Reposted by Eric McHenryTim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 19/12/2025“Yes, you in the back, I see you have your hand up.” “Why was it ‘one thing’ all those other times? I mean, I know why, we all do, I just think it’d be good to acknowledge it.” 1396
Reposted by Eric McHenryNothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 29/11/2025"I keep thinking that evil would like nothing better than to have us feel awful about who we are." 111315469
Eric McHenry @henrymceric.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Gutted to lose Todd Snider so early. m.youtube.com/watch?v=_CuE...m.youtube.comWorking on a SongYouTube video by Todd Snider - Topic 010
Eric McHenry @henrymceric.bsky.social · 06/11/2025As long as I’ve got my laptop and summer breaks, no urban legend is safe.theamericanscholar.orgGone Fishin’ - The American ScholarCould two famous rivermen really have met their end while grappling giant fish in a Kansas river? 011
Reposted by Eric McHenryThe London Magazine @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social · 04/11/2025‘Selfie’, a poem by Eric McHenry, from our October / November issue. Order the latest issue here: thelondonmagazine.org/product/curr... 042
Eric McHenry @henrymceric.bsky.social · 03/11/2025He doesn’t realize that his is a non-speaking role. 010
Eric McHenry @henrymceric.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Whenever I see Mary Ruefle’s “Madness, Rack, and Honey” my brain sings it to “Lawyers, Guns, and Money.” 010
Eric McHenry @henrymceric.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Waywiser Press did a wonderful anthology of them a few years back, “Jiggery Pokery Semicentennial.” Recommended! 020
Eric McHenry @henrymceric.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Attention versiverse: Gretchen McCulloch writes double dactyls. 120
Reposted by Eric McHenryBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Not at all surprising that the notoriously nimble Democratic political machine planned ahead 23 years to plant a fake Trump drawing in Epstein's birthday book. That Chuck Schumer sees around corners! 828027
Eric McHenry @henrymceric.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Talking levee-camp hollers on the Smarty Pants podcast. When the work is peonage, the work songs become protests.theamericanscholar.orgWhat Lies Beneath the Levee Camp Holler - The American ScholarEric McHenry investigates a century-old crime preserved in music 010
Reposted by Eric McHenryTom Bradley Jr. @tbradleywrites.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Who killed the Mercy Man? If levee bosses were just a bunch of interchangeable Mr. Charlies, then they all did. theamericanscholar.org/who-killed-t... #Music #History by Eric McHenry via The American Scholartheamericanscholar.orgWho Killed the Mercy Man? - The American ScholarAn obscure murder keeps resurfacing in Black story and song 041
Reposted by Eric McHenryThe Sunday Long Read @thesundaylongread.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Don't miss this week's SLR featuring @henrymceric.bsky.social, @harleyrustad.com, @kevinmaurer.bsky.social, @tomjunod.bsky.social & more! mailchi.mp/sundaylongre...mailchi.mpThe Sunday Long Read: Football Tragedy, Crabs, Mercy ManThe week's best journalism. Every Sunday. 022
Eric McHenry @henrymceric.bsky.social · 22/08/2025So people are using AI to dump people in order to pursue relationships with AI. 020
Reposted by Eric McHenryLongreads @longreads.com · 22/08/2025In our Weekly Top 5: * The legend of the levee boss @theamscho.bsky.social * Identity in the age of AI @harpers.bsky.social * The rules of Rave Club @thefence.bsky.social * Studying philosophy in prison @aeon.co * French fry why @torontolifemag.bsky.social longreads.com/2025/08/22/t...longreads.comThe Top 5 Longreads of the Week - LongreadsShowcasing stories from Eric McHenry, Michael W. Clune, Patrick Galbraith, Jay Miller, and Harley Rustad. 196
Reposted by Eric McHenryMichelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Actually I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States with my hand on @bpl.boston.gov’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible—also known as the Bible of the Revolution. 351120072484
Reposted by Eric McHenryJack El-Hai @jackelhai.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to @henrymceric.bsky.social & @theamscho.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe theamericanscholar.org/who-killed-t...theamericanscholar.orgWho Killed the Mercy Man? - The American ScholarAn obscure murder keeps resurfacing in Black story and song 111
Eric McHenry @henrymceric.bsky.social · 17/08/2025And the world’s richest man giddily posted about feeding this program “into a wood chipper.” What have we become? 010
Eric McHenry @henrymceric.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Here’s my latest piece for The American Scholar, about a 1909 murder and the song tradition that refused to forget it. Gratitude to Mike Mattison of the Tedeschi Trucks Band for all the help and inspiration.theamericanscholar.orgWho Killed the Mercy Man? - The American ScholarAn obscure murder keeps resurfacing in Black story and song 010
Reposted by Eric McHenryThe Onion @theonion.com · 29/07/2025Moment Of Silence Followed By Hot Dog Race 474252383
Reposted by Eric McHenryAdam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 05/06/2025must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away 608349878048
Eric McHenry @henrymceric.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Good lord I’ve outlived Jerry Garcia. I need to stop looking these up. 000
