'The media had been told he’d be released the following day, so he had the desert morning to himself as he was driven away. It was a final trick play for a man who’d spent a lifetime running away from trouble.'

What a walk-off for this obit.

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Brunson = King of New York

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The story of O. J. Simpson’s trial “will be a spectre that hangs over national affairs through the 21st century and probably beyond,” Vinson Cunningham wrote, in 2016. nyer.cm/hJWtbVz

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Poem [O.J. Simpson has collapsed!]

I am pretty god damned excited to reveal the cover for THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AUGUST SWEENEY, available everywhere in March 2025. This book has taken ten years and I cannot wait for you people to see how good it is.

YOUR NEW YORK KNICKS HAVE CLINCHED A PLAYOFF SPOT IN THE 2024 NBA PLAYOFFS‼️‼️‼️

the homeboy hall of fame is happy to welcome a new first-ballot inductee

Cee is one of those foundational guys who never got the proper context or respect, so as was always the case, he did it for himself. His two part Juan Ep appearance from the early days of the show belong in the Library of Congress. Rest easy.
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sad. a legend!

I wrote about Vinson Cunningham’s GREAT EXPECTATIONS, a fast paced and deep reaching novel, for Jacobin
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Vinson Cunningham’s debut novel, “Great Expectations,” follows a staffer working for a magnetic young black senator making a bid for the US presidency. It’s a book about the emptiness of political symbols and the comforts and dangers of blind faith.
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This is so good! He is so right about attention and vision. Thanks to Anthony Domestico for the conversation

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talk your shit Steve

🎧 New Ep: Aaron Goodson performs Vinson Cunningham’s coming-of-age novel with a pleasing narrative style. Host Jo Reed. Alan Minskoff discuss this story's smart and nuanced riffs on religion, money in politics, and life on the campaign trail. Penguin Random House Audio 🎧 📚 bit.ly/AFMpodcast

I am truly thrilled to share news of a program I've wanted to do for a long time: “Uncharted Territories: Black Britain on Film, 1963-1986” runs BAM Film May 3—9 in advance of a run of Horace Ové’s restored Pressure (c/o Janus Films.) Tickets/info: bam.org/film/2024/unch…

ELIZABETH WARREN: 'If you want to do it as an application of law, I believe that they’ll find that it is genocide, and they have ample evidence to do so.'

this convo w/ Anthony Domestico—enabled by Griffin Oleynick and the team at Commonweal Magazine, one of my favorite mags—was a rigorous joy. on narrative as theology, fiction as an Augustinian endeavor, criticism as a way of life, and much more. dig in! commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/critic…

there must be a marching band in Tessa Johnson's head rn