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Jason Diamond

@jasondiamond.bsky.social
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“Writer" - The New Yorker. “Author” - New York Times. “A fabulous old soul” - Russ & Daughters Instagram account. “Unlikely model” - BBC. My novel “Kaplan’s Plot” is out on Flatiron.

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 15h
I DO IT ALL FOR CHICAGO!
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The new dads who cheat. www.thecut.com/article/why-...
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The New Dads Who Cheat
For some men, becoming a father can bring on an identity crisis that leads them to blow up their lives. What the hell are they thinking?
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Tobias Carroll @tobiascarroll.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today marks the paperback release of @jasondiamond.bsky.social's KAPLAN'S PLOT. It's damn good, and has a fully lived-in quality most fiction can't approach. Highly, highly recommended. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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Kaplan's Plot
One of the most anticipated books of the year by the Chicago Review of Books, Debutiful, The Millions, Hey Alma, and the Orange County Register“A gangster ...
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Been thinking about Soraya Roberts a lot tonight. We used to DM a lot and eventually she called me up to interview me about something she was writing. The whole thing turned into this long conversation and the entire time I kept thinking, “Man, this person I’m talking to is brilliant.”
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I’m on the Menswear Daddy beat. www.thecut.com/article/fath...
thecut.com
What Does ‘Dad Style’ Even Mean Now?
For the fathers who are “really into fashion,” their outfits say more about how they parent than anything else.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The real crime is that hat.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Masters of the Universe is a truly shitty movie. It’s like 1987 all over again.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Got my ticket to see The Odyssey at 9 AM on a Friday. Ideal viewing.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Got asked to go on The Sporkful and talk about going on a GLP-1 and the whole thing got super personal and deep. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Can You Be On A GLP-1 And Still Love Food?
Podcast Episode · The Sporkful · July 13 · 31m
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Greg Baxtrom had a little restaurant empire going in Brooklyn. It was all gone by last year, but he survived. I talked to him about his journey, sobriety, losing it all, and gaining perspective. www.grubstreet.com/article/greg...
grubstreet.com
How Greg Baxtrom Found His Way Back
While his restaurants were soaring, Olmsted’s chef was struggling.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
For my fellow Sam Wasson heads.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Wrote about my daughter’s beautiful face that I hide behind a bagel emoji. www.thecut.com/article/bage...
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My Daughter, Bagelface
I’ll never quit posting my emoji-obscured kid on Instagram, no matter what you think. Until, of course, she’s old enough to tell me to stop.
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Jason Kincade @jasonkincade.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
ALSO THIS @jasondiamond.bsky.social
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Persepolis and Maus are the two graphic novels that they’ll be talking about and studying in 200 years if books are still a thing.
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 01/06/2026
It was a joy to be a fan of Doug Shaw's.
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I Was a Fan of Doug Shaw
Remembering the multi-genre musician, who was adored by New York's independent music scene.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
One of my favorite diners is closing. www.grubstreet.com/article/cozy...
grubstreet.com
We Shouldn’t Have Taken Cozy Soup ’n’ Burger for Granted
Rising rents and increased costs have claimed another downtown landmark.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
We’re all just a rat in a cage…talking about books.
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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
As for books - @jasondiamond.bsky.social had a wonderful hybrid memoir/pop culture appreciation out a few years ago. I just reread it & fell in love all over again. It's about surviving a terrible childhood, finding your way & loving John Hughes movies. More here: chicagoreader.com/arts-culture...
chicagoreader.com
Jason Diamond’s Searching for John Hughes is really a journey of self-discovery - Chicago Reader
The Brooklyn author’s North Shore adolescence was a different kind of teen movie.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Watching all the tech people get laid off because of corporate greed a few years after seeing a thousand idiots respond “Learn to code” to journalists posting about getting laid off because of corporate greed is some real capitalism snake eating its own tail kinda stuff.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Decided I’m going to AWP for the first time next year because it’s in Chicago. I want to rent a bus and make people eat beef while they read their stories.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
It’s really hilarious to me when my daughter walks over and goes “Daddy! I pooped!” Then walks away.
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
yowza, @passionweiss.bsky.social uncovers joan didion's unexpurgated spring '67 hang with the grateful dead, rehearsing at the heliport in sausalito (excerpted in "slouching towards bethlehem"), now in the new york public library. www.powmag.net/p/a-little-d... ht @dadastrain.bsky.social
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A Little Deeper Than Usual: Joan Didion on The Grateful Dead
Didion's never-before-read essay on the Dead comes from the late writer's New York Public Library archives.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Wrote about being obsessed with raising my daughter to be the happiest, best version of herself and not caring if somebody calls me a “girl dad” or whatever. www.thecut.com/article/why-...
thecut.com
What’s So Bad About Being a ‘Girl Dad’?
The phrase is corny, but if disowning the label means prioritizing toxic masculinity over the well-being of my daughter, it beats the alternative.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I was asked what I think the worst song to have sex to is. I knew my answer right away. open.substack.com/pub/taragian...
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Worst Song To Fuck To, Part IV
WE ARE SO BACK.
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Amanda Annis @aannis.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Had to double check this wasn't a menswear post on @jasondiamond.bsky.social instagram account
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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 08/04/2026
We are in the middle of a subscription drive for our new food and culture site. We are worker-owned, have no investors or VC money, and will never use gen AI to make any written, visual or audio work. If that sounds good to you, sign up for a paid subscription or donate today! www.weareravenous.com
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Ravenous Is a New Worker-Owned Food Culture Media Company
For too long, food media has felt toothless. Help us take a bite out of it.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This is a great essay by @jasondiamond.bsky.social and worth your time to read.
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The Cut @thecut.com · 07/04/2026
As much as things have changed since writer Jason Diamond was his daughter Lulu’s age, the possibility still terrifies him, he writes in this essay for The Cut.
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Will I Pass Down My ADHD to My Kid?
As much as things have changed since writer Jason Diamond was his daughter Lulu’s age, the possibility still terrifies him, he writes in this essay for The Cut.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Will I pass my ADHD down to my daughter? www.thecut.com/article/do-k...
thecut.com
Will I Pass Down My ADHD to My Kid?
As much as things have changed since I was her age, the possibility still terrifies me.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Was just mistaken for Jerry Saltz.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Ill always have some hope as long as there are still people making stuff by hand. For the NYT Styles section, I wrote about a few folks keeping embroidery alive in America. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/s...
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Everyone Has Designs on Custom Embroidery
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Yesterday a 30-something mom told me Lulu is lucky to have a “cool Gen. X parent.”
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
My most naive take on anything AI is I can’t wrap my head around somebody saying they want to be a writer and then they get AI to do the work for them. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/b...
nytimes.com
Horror Novel ‘Shy Girl’ Canceled Over Suspected A.I. Use
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
A short story about writers at AWP but they’ve been dead the entire time.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I have a column at @thecut.com now where I’ll be writing about fatherhood, and I figured I’d kick it off by talking about how I decided to start taking Zepbound because I want to do everything possible to be able to annoy my daughter for at least another 50 years. www.thecut.com/article/figu...
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Eating With My Daughter and My Zepbound
My food anxiety is inherited. Now that I’m on a GLP-1, I’m changing that for the both of us.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I will be chasing that blissful colonoscopy sleep I just had for a long time.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I’ve been thinking with all the talk of colorectal cancer being up in younger folks that now is the time to bring them back.
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I wrote about the cowardly lions of corporate America under Trump and their decades-long push to shape the country’s political life and democracy, no matter their protestations to the contrary now. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
America’s Most Powerful CEOs Are Awfully Quiet Lately
Trump has exposed an ugly truth about corporations: They’re no longer even pretending to be good citizens.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Going to see Iron and Wine at a winery tonight.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
At least it’s pączki season.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Nah. We knew how this would end.
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
i was writing about the tuna melt 10 years ago!!! jukeboxgraduate.com/remnants-ode... originally wrote it for some sandwich project @jasondiamond.bsky.social was putting together.
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remnants: ode to the tuna melt
I wrote this in 2015 for a sandwich project someone was working on; it didn't make it into the project, so it's been sitting here for 7 years, waiting for its moment. This is the construction of your...
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I’ll always be grateful to the very scary skinhead who basically bullied me into listening to Billy Bragg when I was 15. consequence.net/2026/01/bill...
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Billy Bragg Releases New Song "City of Heroes" Supporting Minneapolis Protesters
Billy Bragg has shared a new song, "City of Heroes," written, recorded, and released within 24 hours as a tribute to those protesting ICE in Minneapolis.
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Ever!
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Sorry to hear Dan McQuade has passed on. I’ve read about a thousand things on malls closing and this one he wrote for @defector.com ranks among my favorites. defector.com/a-mall-i-lov...
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A Mall I Loved Is Going Pitch Black | Defector
The vote looked like a funeral. Residents showed up to the council meeting dressed in black, carrying prop tombstones. One carried drooping flowers. “I feel that what the council has just done has sen...
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alex eben meyer @alexebenmeyer.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
something needs to be done about this. calling on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to immediately make @jasondiamond.bsky.social the bagel czar and get this fixed. www.grubstreet.com/article/why-...
grubstreet.com
Why the Pumpernickel Bagel Is Disappearing
At shops around town, a once-standard flavor has become an endangered species.
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Leonard Pierce @leonardpierce.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Everyone is making fun of this but I hope I look that good when I'm Fran Lebowitz's age
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Minneapolis remains my favorite city I’ve never lived in.
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Caroline Casey @cacasey.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
cannot tot up the levels of dumb that is "invade MPLS in the winter." Not only do we all thrive in these conditions, we build ART INSTALLATIONS in them.
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Art Shanty Projects: Art Ice Shanties on Lake Harriet in MN
Art Shanty Projects is a four-weekend winter art program that hosts artist-built shanties, performances and more on the frozen Lake Harriet in Minneapolis, MN.
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