New novel coming in August: THE BREAKUP
Other books: Evil Geniuses, Fantasyland, You Can’t Spell America Without ME, True Believers, Heyday, Turn of the Century.
Co-created CommandZseries.com, ran Studio 360, New York, SPY
https://www.kurtandersen.com
Kurt Andersen
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At Death of A Salesman last night, I inevitably saw the believe-your-own-salesman-BS tragedy as a grim allegory for America at 250.
Outside, dark, rain, a mile from MSG, checked the score. Knicks 17 points down, 7 minutes to go. Gloom on gloom.
Just woke up, OMFG. American comeback allegory?
In the first 100 days of this dumb, disastrous war he has promised a peace deal was imminent 37 times. www.cnn.com/2026/06/09/p...
Good optics.
Watching these NBA Finals—the first time I’ve ever watched them, let alone three in a row—I’ve been marveling at how often attempted shots ate 3-pointers, a thing that didn’t exist in the NBA when I was a kid. And discovered this interesting stat.
When Trump’s father was just a few years older than Trump is now, he was diagnosed by two MDs as having dementia—his own reporting “in recent years" he’d had symptoms of “obvious memory decline” and significant impairment,” another that he “did not know his birth date [or] age.”
Amazing speech by Kate Hepburn as the widow of a superrich businessman and presidential contender who was secretly the leader of a cabal of rich fascists plotting to take over the United States. Keeper of the Flame (1942), directed by George Cukor. youtu.be/_abRxAL3hnw?...
“Hegseth said the military’s chaplain corps had been ‘infected by…secular humanism.’ The newly consolidated ‘religious affiliation codes’ will allow…[military] personnel to identify as agnostic’” but “humanism and atheism are among those that were removed from the list.”
Today's the day: The pub date of my new (first) novel! Killing Baby Hitler. Two scientists from 2141 go back in time to 1889 Austria to do in history's greatest monster, and, well, hijinx ensue. @kurtandersen.bsky.social sez "fabulous in every sense." Order it here!: orbooks.com/catalog/kill...
Latest Trump-approval poll tracker from @theeconomistnews.bsky.social. It’s not going to go back up.
It’s been more than two months since President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire with Iran, saying at the time that the two sides were close to a deal.
