David Marcus

"The corrupt rule of monopoly capitalism and its allies in the Black Belt must be supplanted by the democratic rule of the majority." Everyone should read @rodriquese's wonderful essay-review on Harry Haywood's radical life and times thenation.com/article/societ…

"A hallmark of Lerner’s fiction is the very particular way that politics encroaches, or rather doesn’t, on the life of the protagonist...It is there as a backdrop, a marker of time and place but not much else." Tara Menon in @booksandthearts on Ben Lerner thenation.com/article/cultur…

I’m so excited for this! My two favorite podcasters, @SamAdlerBell & @mikeduncan, plus yours truly will be doing a live show next month. Please join us, link for tickets below (it’s a fundraiser for @DissentMag)

"A hallmark of Lerner’s fiction is the very particular way that politics encroaches, or rather doesn’t, on the life of the protagonist: It is there as a backdrop, a marker of time and place but not much else." Tara Menon in @thenation's Spring Books issue thenation.com/article/cultur…

"Carlson’s descent isn’t" an "'unraveling' so much as a fulfillment of political destiny." @LehmannChris in @BooksandtheArts on what happened to Tucker Carlson thenation.com/article/societ…

My review of Jamaica Kincaid’s book, Putting Myself Together, will be in the next issue of @thenation magazine. Read it and tell me what you think. Also, grateful to @davidimarcus for his editorial touch

I talked to @mollycrabapple about her new book "Here Where We Live is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund" for @GuardianUS.

I wrote about the life of Harry Haywood and his newly republished book Negro Liberation for @thenation thenation.com/article/societ…

The Nation's Spring Books is out—@tarakmenon on Ben Lerner, @BenTarnoff on what is AI, @lehmannchris on what happened to Tucker Carlson, @SomersErin on Jay McInerney's yuppies, @jacobinoire on Jamaica Kincaid, and @rodriquese on Harry Haywood's communism. bit.ly/3PUll0u

Lerner writes about the hardships and humiliations of modern masculinity. Now, in his new novel Transcription, he has written about dads. @tarakmenon in Spring Books. bit.ly/3OrvWQ2

What happened to Tucker Carlson? bit.ly/4c5PB1f

The Nation's Spring Books is out—@tarakmenon on Ben Lerner, @BenTarnoff on what is AI, @lehmannchris on what happened to Tucker Carlson, @SomersErin on Jay McInerney's yuppies, @jacobinoire on Jamaica Kincaid, and @rodriquese on Harry Haywood's communism thenation.com/issue/may-2026…

My book, Tending to Our Wounds, will be published on 21 July 2026 w/ Haymarket Books. Excited about my physical copy of the galley and have it alongside my photo of Hannah Arendt and some (non)fiction books that continue to inspire me. haymarketbooks.org/books/2756-ten…

Let’s re-form the Bund nytimes.com/2026/04/06/boo… via @NYTimes

Excellent from Adom Getachew writing in The Nation on Howard French's new book: Freedom Struggles The global politics of Kwame Nkrumah thenation.com/article/world/…

My biography of Eugene Debs is now available for preorder!! It's called American Socialist: The Life and Legacy of Eugene V. Debs. simonandschuster.com/books/American…

"AI will bring us heaven on earth or kill us all. It is the most important invention in human history or a scam. It will eliminate millions of jobs or it will prove to be vastly overhyped." @bentarnoff in @thenation's Spring Books thenation.com/article/societ…

I profiled Ben Lerner for @NYMag! vulture.com/article/ben-le…

We now have an answer to the question of "is NYC just doing good social media posts about service delivery, or is service delivery actually changing?"

Easily one of Lange’s best pieces yet The depth of detail into the history of Adriano Espaillat, Charlie Rangel & the demographic shifts of NY-13 (and its predecessors) gives this piece the quality of an academic paper, but in a compelling, accessible, cause-and-effect narrative