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Jerad W. Alexander

@jerad_alexander

Writer. Author of VOLUNTEERS. Still here...

 New York, NY
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Joined November 2008
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And here it is... My first book will land in the world on November 9. I hope it lands well. I’m both nervous and excited. Writing is not easy, especially about yourself, and penning this book was certainly tough at times. But honestly… What a ride!
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@AmericanGwynOct 24
I’m not crazy about literary publishers having an ideological bent, but the notion that right-wing novelists & poets are automatically illegitimate is absurd—unless you think T.S. Eliot, Céline, Borges, Wallace Stevens, Nabokov, Bellow, Cormac, et al. are illegitimate.
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Okay, I’ll play… My nine books.
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@neet_solSep 9
Job recruiter: Where do you see yourself in five years? Me:
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Odysseus's crew eats one (1) hamburger... The gods:
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I guess someone could make The Aeneid—the would actually be kinda rad—but I suspect Wilson would be none too happy with that one either…
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@AmericanGwynJul 27
Emily Wilson, whose translation of THE ODYSSEY Nolan relied on heavily while writing his adaptation, posted this disoriented critique this morning. She’s proposing a kind of anti-ODYSSEY, captained by a narrative helmsman that would steer the story even farther off course.
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I finished a reread of this just today. An absolutely brutal, cutthroat novel. #crimefiction
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Fudging the lines here a bit, but I stand by them… Cramer, WHAT IT TAKES Sheehan, A BRIGHT SHINING LIE Spector, EAGLE AGAINST THE SUN Catton, THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC TRILOGY
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Dan Salt (@Danjsalt) profile pictureDan Salt
@DanjsaltJun 6
Best history book you've read
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Now this is rad. "Sinatra with a cold is Picasso without paint, Ferrari without fuel — only worse."
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Gay Talese’s “storyboard” for his immortal 1966 article “Frank Sinatra has a Cold” for @esquire
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JD Flynn
@jdflynnMay 16
buddy, I was writing 10 page papers without having read the book.
Lo (@lolo_tho) profile pictureLo@lolo_thoMay 13
I was told by a 22yr old today that there was no way people were writing 10 page papers without AI.
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Matt Welch
@MattWelchMay 9
And 62 days after that, the Soviet Union gave up.
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@sciencegirlMay 8
These were all released within 57 days of each other in 1991
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We all know what the *real* files are!
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This is probably my favorite of Philip Caputo’s work (so far)… A great novel about a war photographer in Vietnam and Lebanon. RIP.
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I love seeing @jordan_harper get a little NYT sunshine. I've been reading his work for awhile now, and every one has been an absolute banger. nytimes.com/2026/04/26/books…
For a Crawl Through Hollywood’s Underside, Let Him Be Your Guide

For a Crawl Through Hollywood’s Underside, Let Him Be Your Guide

Jordan Harper knows the entertainment industry from the inside out. His new novel, “A Violent Masterpiece,” holds nothing back.

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Oliver Traldi
@olivertraldiApr 22
Very much appreciate the New York Times calling on Hasan Piker and Jia Tolentino to give me the perspective of the non-rich.
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“A mind tutored by history and literature knows that actors in the grip of a sacred cause tend to mean what they say — and that bombing a founding myth is more likely to consecrate it than to dissolve it.” nytimes.com/2026/03/29/opini… via @NYTOpinion
Opinion | Is It 1914 in America?

Opinion | Is It 1914 in America?

The planners of the Iran war had plenty of on-the-ground intelligence but operated with little insight into the minds of their enemies.

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There are few redeeming qualities to this death-site, but one nice thing has been the great book rec’s. This one was absolutely beautiful:
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My latest... wrath-bearingtree.com/2026/0…
New Nonfiction from Jerad W. Alexander: An Elegy for Videotape - Wrath-Bearing Tree

New Nonfiction from Jerad W. Alexander: An Elegy for Videotape - Wrath-Bearing Tree

Scott found the videotapes in his garage and brought them into the kitchen. We stacked the VHS in a wine box and the little Hi8 tapes in a gray shoebox for a pair of boots that belonged to his wife...

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For sale: Hot take, overcooked, stale. (Anyway... Logging off for another month or more. I'll be wherever I am, which is infinitely better than here, it seems.)
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Watching this Trump UN speech, I don’t think it’s possible for a man to fellate himself more without actually removing a rib on stage…
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I was today years old when I learned one Lt. William Calley (of My Lai infamy) got his ass kicked by Marines in Vietnam after he called them "soldiers." This happened just a few months before he was summoned to the U.S. to stand trial on charges of murder.
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