Jeremy Gordon

SEE FRIENDSHIP is out today. The reception has been overwhelmingly nice (so far, at least), and it is semi-profound to have an entire novel out in the world, for people to read and hopefully think about. My book tour begins this week, and my dates are pinned here:

"Disclosure: The majority of the Defector staff worked at a previous version of Deadspin."

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Nothing like reading a book while scrolling TikTok on the train ❤️

“The Summer Man” (Season 4, Episode 8)

You hit play on the first Black Sabbath album and immediately understand why everything changed. Sort of unbelievable that a band who helped invent the concept of "heavy metal" in both identity and sound, in *1970*, isn't dated whatsoever

I love it when somebody tweets “what’s the best 30 rock joke” and everyone replies with their fave 30 rock joke. Can somebody pls do that? I would but I’ve done it too many times in the past and I should let somebody else have the engagement this time

The SEE FRIENDSHIP tour continues: I'll be in Washington D.C. on July 30 at Politics and Prose, in conversation with my colleague Megan Garber. They're saying it'll be yet another specular evening of sparkling banter and fine-tuned insights

they’re doing tik tok summaries of n+1 now…….no generation is ever learning to read again

This weekend, I'll be attending a friend's wedding to celebrate life and love, when really I should be at the Pitchfork Music Festival, beer in hand, half-listening to a band of 24-year-olds who got a 7.7 in 2023 and thinking, "Not bad... whoa, can's empty." It's fine, I guess

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, now that was a show — we used to make episodic ensemble television that slowly advanced an overarching plot and built character relationships while providing no shortage of compelling week-to-week hijinks, but not so much these days

Dunno where to start on this one lol

When I was a young man, and Barack Obama was president, you could log online every day and visit so many websites that published voicey and intelligent work of reasonable length, on a variety of interesting subjects, by dozens of early-to-mid-career writers. Today, not so much

Carlos plays tennis like Dougie (imbued with primordial goodness, capable of savant-like transcendence); Jannik plays like Mr. C (evil)

Never seen a tennis final like this

Thank you for being brave enough to say it, Justin. It’s not clocking to a lot of people that we’re standing on business, making our city even safer and more affordable every day.

Possibly the most beautiful rendition of the National Anthem I’ve ever heard at a sporting event

SEE FRIENDSHIP was included in this summer books package — thank you, The Information — and the quote they used is the one where I say I'm not very good at talking about the book. Again: Thank you, The Information

Changed my profile photo to my book cover; I don't know what took so long. Now, every time I post, the reader will think: "Whoa — a book said that? Let's see what it's about"

Sending this to my 5’9 friend

If you're a writer, you're supposed to be able to look like shit some of the time — that is the noble trade-off for the life of the mind