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Jeremy Gordon

@jeremygordon.bsky.social
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My novel SEE FRIENDSHIP is out now, I edit on the culture desk at the Atlantic, my newsletter is at jeremygordon.substack.com, and my website is at jeremygordon.xyz

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 04/10/2026
The comedian Nathan Fielder got an up-close look at Elizabeth Holmes in his new documentary—but is still unsure whom he really met, @jeremygordon.bsky.social writes.
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Can You Bear to Empathize With Elizabeth Holmes?
Nathan Fielder got an up-close look at Elizabeth Holmes and is still unsure whom he really met.
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I wrote about the movie of the season
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 14/09/2026
Jon Ronson’s new book examines what’s behind the alienation of American men—and how some of them have given up on society altogether, @jeremygordon.bsky.social writes.
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A Nation of Strange, Idle Men
Jon Ronson’s “The Castle” argues that men are giving up on society because they have nothing better to do.
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
@jeremygordon.bsky.social is so right about how the book version of The Shards ruled, and how the TV adaptation is bad. And he didn’t even have to mention the embarrassing Shakespeare episode. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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A Great Novel Becomes a Bad Show
Don’t watch “The Shards.” Go read the book instead.
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
There's a very insightful read of SEE FRIENDSHIP in this New Yorker essay on recent cultural depictions of male bonding; as a long-time lover of critical juxtaposition, it's a joy to be juxtaposed myself...
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We sent @skornhaber.bsky.social to talk with Vanilla Ice about celebrating America www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Vanilla Ice Knows When America Was Great
To celebrate the country’s 250th birthday, the rapper wants to transport us to another decade.
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I'm painting an apartment for the first time today. I have the tools, I've watched the YouTubes. Nonetheless: What's something I absolutely need to know/do?
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The lights are looking a little bright for Wemby….
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 30/05/2026
The Atlantic’s editors and writers have selected 25 books to suit every mood this summer. If you’re searching for a cult classic to obsess over this season, @jeremygordon.bsky.social recommends “The Suicides.” See more selections: theatln.tc/RfPgedPL
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 21/05/2026
“Everyone, especially in South Sudan, wanted to know if the US really had cut off aid. It was easier for them to believe that the aid organizations were lying to them than to think that the United States would do this.”
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Trump destroyed USAID. Now people are dying.
ProPublica’s Brett Murphy and Anna Maria Barry-Jester examine how America’s foreign aid cuts are threatening the survival of the world’s most vulnerable populations.
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Danny Groner @dannygroner.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
“But people are the prism through which all this stuff, and much more beyond that, becomes real. Those reasons are sometimes locked away in a black box of bespoke logic, but I know they exist, even if I can’t personally connect with them.”
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I wrote a new Substack about some crazy stuff that happened to me, and also the band Geese: jeremygordon.substack.com/p/without-mo...
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Without moving, I'm not here
Subjects discussed: a formative personal experience, Asian-American literature, Geese
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New York Review Books @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
"Di Benedetto’s writing lingers in the brain; to a receptive reader, it can feel like a secret handshake between dryly mordant minds." @jeremygordon.bsky.social recommends The Suicides for summer reading.
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25 Sensational Books to Read This Summer
The Atlantic’s writers and editors have chosen fiction and nonfiction to match all sorts of moods.
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Really wonderful name coming out of the NFL Draft: Ephesians Prysock
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Geese aren't really my thing, but it's no grand secret why an experimental, ambitious rock band composed of photogenic young Brooklynites might take off; if the audience-artist relationship could be so easily manufactured, the music industry would be very different
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I went to a pro wrestling show in St. Paul and thought about the meaning of participation, among other things
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
While packing for a flight, I unplugged my primary phone charger and, instead of putting it into my suitcase, left it on my bedroom floor. Fortunately, I remembered to pack my secondary phone charger.
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I do appreciate the life this essay has had—it holds up pretty well IMO!
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
There's so many video games where at some point you're prompted to explore a house, interacting with and reflecting on the meaning of various items. But I actually do live in a house where I regularly interact with and reflect on the meaning of various items, so let me be Spider-Man already.
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Fortunately, Buffy is still incredible
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
SEE FRIENDSHIP was released one year ago today. Thank you to everyone who has read, or intended to read; I appreciate the support more than words alone can say, even from the haters and losers. For anyone on the fence: What better place than here? What better time than now?
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Cheer Captain @cheercaptain.wang · 02/03/2026
Playing the new Rob Zombie and he’s still definitely doing this stuff
A wop bob a loo bop, a wop bob a loo bop
Call me tarantula
Call me tarantula
The god tarantula
All hail tarantula
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
we reached the “no WMDs” phase in two days.
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Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say
Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first, two people f...
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Dan Devine @yourmandevine.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
From @jeremygordon.bsky.social's SEE FRIENDSHIP: Love to crack open a tome of fiction and be whisked away to a fantasy world far, far from my own!
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
If you are in Baltimore, I’m talking with @somers.bsky.social about her excellent novel THE TEN-YEAR AFFAIR at Greedy Reads (the one on Remington) on Thursday night (that's tomorrow). Be there or be square:
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John Williams @johnwilliams.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I wrote about one part of my reaction to recent events: the importance and nuance of what it means to subscribe to something.
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Dan Devine @yourmandevine.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Really enjoyed @jeremygordon.bsky.social's SEE FRIENDSHIP. A poke in the ribs of an industry where you make your living in 900-word slices of context (that you might not actually understand) and Podcast as Lifeline, with a mystery that moves, a lot of heart and finding peace in the unknown.
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I would never “fight through the tackle,” I’m going down immediately
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Kid Rock is the only celebrity guest on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives—and I have watched *so* many episodes—who told Guy Fieri he didn't want to see how the food was made, and instead went to drink in the bar until it was time to eat. What can you do about such incuriosity?
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tombreihan.bsky.social @tombreihan.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
An incredibly evocative piece of writing from @jeremygordon.bsky.social about a terrible, ecstatic moment
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There's a star man, waiting in the sky
Subjects discussed: David Bowie, Andre Agassi, Marty Supreme
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Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
smart, funny, and secondhand-panic-inducing distillation of the blog era by @jeremygordon.bsky.social jeremygordon.substack.com/p/theres-a-s...
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There's a star man, waiting in the sky
Subjects discussed: David Bowie, Andre Agassi, Marty Supreme
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Evan Minsker @see-saw.fun · 11/01/2026
there are a handful of people who understand what the job looked like. it was exacting. it had no boundaries. it earned only scrutiny. there were panic-inducing shifts. @jeremygordon.bsky.social had one of those 10 years ago.
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There's a star man, waiting in the sky
Subjects discussed: David Bowie, Andre Agassi, Marty Supreme
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
The full English breakfast is one of society’s greatest inventions
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
I wrote 10,000 words on my 2025 in culture, with thoughts on One Battle After Another, The Golden Notebook, Caleb Williams, David Lynch, Dave Blunts, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and a lot more jeremygordon.substack.com/p/my-2025-in...
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My 2025 in review
Subjects discussed: Every month, and how it went down
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
One of the best to ever do it
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
A woman in my airplane row had her bag on my seat and when I asked her if it was her bag she said yeah, and when I asked if she could move it so I could sit down she looked at me like I was insane before picking it up. And this says something about society!!!
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
The first live Twitch stream I have ever tuned into, in my life
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
The other day I discovered a sealed bag of penne under our kitchen hutch. Neither my wife or I recall buying it; it's from a Turkish brand we aren't familiar with; we don't get our groceries delivered; it was packaged this year, and nobody has stayed in our place. Mystery pasta—kind of spooky...
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Jeff Weiss @passionweiss.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Just digging through old emails on a regular Wednesday morning
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NPR @npr.org · 30/10/2025
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
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Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
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Spencer Kornhaber @skornhaber.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Don't let anyone tell you cultural criticism is dead. But someone does have to pay for it. I toured through the commentary circuit on TikTok, Letterboxd, and other places where the rules of criticism are changing in inspiring ... and depressing ... ways— www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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Traditional Criticism Is in Trouble. Here’s What’s Replacing It.
Demand for cultural commentary is higher than it’s ever been—but now that commentary is coming from unconventional new sources.
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Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
“The problem the profession faces is material, not spiritual. Culture still craves good criticism—someone just has to pay for it.”
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Like everything else, professional arts criticism has been under attack this year, and Spencer Kornhaber reported a really great piece on what might be taking its place: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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Traditional Criticism Is in Trouble. Here’s What’s Replacing It.
Demand for cultural commentary is higher than it’s ever been—but now that commentary is coming from unconventional new sources.
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Here is a wonderful essay from @danbrooks.bsky.social on the encroachment of MMA culture into all walks of American life, and what you yourself can—and can't—learn from fighting www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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‘Warrior Culture’ Offers a Lot, but Not Everything
A growing appreciation for hand-to-hand combat has permeated nearly all levels of American life. What does that mean?
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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
My god. “Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
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Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
The shamelessness coursing through modern society is nothing new, but more and more I think it's the defining tension of the 21st century — attempting to live a meaningful life, characterized by meaningful beliefs, can feel so silly when measured against such rife shamelessness. (At least for me...)
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
This is Sunday — it's going to be really good
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The Drake Motel @drakemotel.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
This Sunday, come to the Brooklyn Book Fest and watch me bother @andrealongchu.bsky.social, @jeremygordon.bsky.social, and Sarah Chihaya about criticism
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The Fiction Impulse in Nonfiction Criticism - Brooklyn Book Festival
Three literary critics consider the boundary between fiction and nonfiction, literature and criticism. While Sarah Chihaya (Bibliophobia), Andrea Long Chu (Authority), and Jeremy Gordon (See Friendshi...
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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
I'm doing a panel at the Brooklyn Book Festival on September 21 with Andrea Long Chu, Sarah Chihaya, and Daniel Drake — no spoilers, but we're solving books. Come through if you can make it, event info here: brooklynbookfestival.org/event/the-fi...
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