Editor @harvard_review | Author SEA PEOPLE and COME ON SHORE | NLA, NEH, NEA Fellow | Writing about the history of the Pacific
Cambridge, MA
Joined July 2015
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Announcing our new Chapbook Contest: for translators!! Submit your prose works in translation (15-30K words) here by Dec. 15. harvardreview.org/hr-chapboo…
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Here's a nice surprise, much better late than never a lovely @TheTLS review of Island at the Edge of the World. I enjoyed Christina Thompson's book Sea People when i was writing mine, a great read if you're interested in the Pacific & the world's greatest ocean explorers bar none
New review up at the TLS on the real reason for the demographic collapse on Easter Island. the-tls.com/history/island-a…
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Albuquerque turned a wall of its airport bookshop over to its local university press, and goddamn, now I want this in every airport.
Just six days of war in Iran cost us $11.3 billion. ‘What the [expletive] is wrong with us?’ bostonglobe.com/2026/03/12/m…
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Becca Rothfeld offers an astute reflection on the @washingtonpost bloodbath & the state of cultural criticism. What she says about newspapers fostering incuriosity, pandering to readers & chasing clicks sadly jives with what I put up with on a daily basis.
newyorker.com/books/page-tur…
Spotted by my former intern in London @WaterstonesTraf — not just Sea People but Come on Shore. Wow and thank you, you excellent booksellers!
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Sea People was such a great read.
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One of the best history books I’ve read all year
I now believe more than ever that Ancient Polynesian navigators were some of the bravest and smartest people in human history
And, she’s done it again! theguardian.com/books/2025/s…
A lesson you have to continuously relearn: you can read and read and read and read, but at some point you just have to start writing.
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My latest book review looks at an excellent the history of the Polynesian Triangle, @cathompsn's "Sea People". It looks at how Europeans misunderstood the history of th Polynesians and how that has been rediscovered. A brilliant read. resolutereader.blogspot.com/…
From the NYTimes: “When I asked Stacy Schiff…about the notion of consulting A.I. on how to structure a piece of writing, she replied, ‘To turn to A.I. for structure seems less like a cheat than a deprivation, like enlisting someone to eat your hot fudge sundae for you.’” 🤣
Theory of SEA PEOPLE purchasing patterns: women bought hardcover as gifts for their husbands and fathers — the perfect Father’s Day gift! — men bought the ebook and audio. Based entirely on random thjngs people said.
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Fossil men by Kermit Patterson and sea people by Christina Thompson are my recent favorite if you're into history and anthropology
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It still doesn't feel real, but I've started getting emails from the @marinerbooks marketing people, so apparently I really am going to be in Best American Short Stories 2025! Thank you @Harvard_Review @cathompsn @pronounced_ing
