Kirk Wallace Johnson

I served in Iraq, as USAID’s man in Fallujah. Lived alongside Marines and interpreters as they fought terrorists. @realdonaldtrump (1/many)

Whenever I glance at my bookshelf I’m tempted to grab this again and dive in. A beyond-fascinating true story of obsession, collecting, craftsmanship, a niche internet community (with its own dark market), and best of all: audacious criminality. THE FEATHER THIEF. Read it

By popular vote, our Gulf Coast Reads Book Pick for 2023 is The Fisherman and the Dragon by @KirkWJohnson ⛵ Join HCPL, partner libraries and organizations, for special programs including a virtual author talk with Kirk Wallace Johnson! More info bit.ly/3CADXty

@BillBailey @Liz1950 @daraobriain Bill: fan of yours. I spent time with ARW's grandson while on tour and he proudly mentioned you dropping by, as well.

@Liz1950 @daraobriain Great - that sounds right up my street ..And anyway I love This American Life.

I feel like a complete fool. I begged @daraobriain to listen to This American Life episode and I meant @BillBailey . Wrong bald fella! Anyway @BillBailey you will love it. It’s called The Great Feather Heist and it involves birds and the Wallace line. Sorry Dara!

This quote was the moment I realized I had to write the book. That it was coming from a dude tying feathers to a hook made it that much better. Thanks to @ThisAmerLife for such a wonderful telling of The Feather Thief.

On the radio this weekend: A flute player breaks into a British museum and makes off with a million dollars worth of dead birds. bit.ly/2w0OB9o

Thanks @nypl :)

@nytopinion references The Fishermen and the Dragon and the events at the heart of the book (the Texas Klan's militia and its harassment of Vietnamese refugees in the early 80s) in this essay from the editorial board. @katiekings

I moved to Houston and officially begin my 12 months of field research today, supported by a @ssrc_org international dissertation grant. On the reading list: @KirkWJohnson's new book about racial injustice @unreasonabledw's fight against Formosa Plastics in Seadrift, Texas.

Latest from me: I review @KirkWJohnson's new book on the attacks on Vietnamese refugees in Galveston Bay that were initiated by the Klan, all while the chemical companies were staging an all out assault on all of them. maiseh-review.ghost.io/the-fisherman-…

Read @ScienceMagazine's review of THE FISHERMEN AND THE DRAGON by @KirkWJohnson now: bit.ly/3QA90sS

Thanks for the write-up of FISHERMEN, @TexasMonthly

“The Fishermen and the Dragon” is a thoroughly researched work of social history. The passages on environmental decay along the Gulf coast are resonant, too econ.st/3AOO78C

Thanks, @TheEconomist, for this great review of FISHERMEN: economist.com/culture/2022/0…

When Vietnamese Fishermen Went to War With the Klan in Texas Amazing story. An excerpt from @KirkWJohnson's new book "The Fishermen and the Dragon" via @thedailybeast thedailybeast.com/when-vietnames…

@Weinbergrrrrr Ha, thanks for this (and thanks to your partner for the hype!)

Read an excerpt of @KirkWJohnson's "richly reported and dramatically rendered investigative work" (@FortuneMagazine) THE FISHERMEN AND THE DRAGON in @thedailybeast now! bit.ly/3CqzpWU

Thanks for the plug, @HodaAndJenna @TODAYshow :)

The @waybackmachine contained *tons* of incriminating (and deleted) posts in the bird smuggling/feather trading underworld at the heart of THE FEATHER THIEF. Couldn't have written the book without those screengrabs...