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Michael Luo

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New Yorker executive editor; author of “Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America” from Doubleday.

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Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · Apr 29

Now on sale! “This is not just the story of the Chinese in America; it’s the story of any number of immigrant groups who have been treated as strangers. It’s the story of our diverse democracy. It’s the story of us.” www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704981...

Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · 1d

Eric Lach is out with a deep, illuminating Profile of Zohran Mamdani. “Ready or Not.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

What Zohran Mamdani Knows About Power

The thirty-three-year-old socialist is rewriting the rules of New York politics. Can he transform the city as mayor?

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Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · 4d

Truly horrifying, stunning story by Jennifer Gonnerman. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

A Year of Convulsions in New York’s Prisons

Jennifer Gonnerman reports on how two murders and a strike exposed a system at its breaking point.

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Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · 7d

My favorite line in Amanda Petrusich's review of "The Life of the Showgirl" is her strategically placed interjection of "O.K.!" (After describing some of the cringey double entendres in Wood...) www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Why Does Taylor Swift Think She’s Cursed?

“The Life of a Showgirl,” the artist’s new album, is full of cringey sexual innuendo, millennial perfectionism, and an obsession with her haters that wears thin.

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Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · 7d

Jay Kang is back in the columnizing seat and makes the case for free speech absolutism. www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l...

Can the Democrats Take Free Speech Back from the Right?

The opportunity is there, but the Party’s establishment would have to confront the issue that has prompted more recent censorship than any other.

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Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · 10d

Sally Yates, the former acting general, is joining our Justice on Trial panel @newyorkerfest! Yates, of course, refused to defend Trump’s Muslim ban and was fired. She’ll be in conversation with Jeannie Suk Gersen, Ruth Marcus, and Amy Davidson Sorkin. I’ll be your moderator. festival.newyorker.com

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 12d

At this precarious moment in American politics, some evangelical Christians see themselves as God’s soldiers, combatants in the culture wars. Others are advocating for a gentler approach, @michaelluo.bsky.social writes.

The Politics of Faith After Charlie Kirk

The future of American democracy could depend on whether Christians see themselves as warriors or servants.

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Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · 12d

I reflected on what it means that Jesus was “full of grace and truth,” Dallas Willard’s “allure of gentleness” in the Christian apologetic, and whether it stands a chance in an attention economy that rewards outrage. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

The Politics of Faith After Charlie Kirk

The future of American democracy could depend on whether Christians see themselves as warriors or servants.

www.newyorker.com

Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · 13d

Remnick: Grace is not weakness but resolve, the Charleston families believed, and politics, too, depends on a willingness to coax one another toward better ground. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Grace and Disgrace

Hope lies not in expecting a late-in-life conversion experience in the Oval Office but in carrying out the ordinary work of civic life.

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Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · 22d

Next week's @newyorker.com cover. www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...

Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · 24d

The book tour continues! I'll be at the China Institute in America next week, talking about "Strangers in the Land." Wine and light refreshments will be served! Join us.
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Strangers in the Land: A Conversation with Michael Luo A Book Talk on Belonging, and the Asian American Experience | China Institute in America

Join us for a compelling evening with Michael Luo, executive editor of The New Yorker and acclaimed author of Strangers in the Land: The Struggle for Belonging in America, as he explores the complex a...

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Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · 24d

I had to pick my jaw off the floor after reading this lede in @rachelmonroe.bsky.social on self-defense insurance. Like out of an Elmore Leonard novel. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Your First Call After You Shoot Someone

In the era of Stand Your Ground, self-defense insurance is increasingly popular. Does it promote gun violence?

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Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · 27d

“There’s little worse than watching a nervous actor onstage—especially when the poor guy isn’t just skittish but seems genuinely unprepared for the role that he’s playing,” Vinson Cunningham writes. www.newyorker.com/culture/on-t...

Kash Patel Plays a G-Man on TV

In his press conference announcing the capture of Charlie Kirk’s killer, the F.B.I. director revealed himself.

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Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · 27d

A moving, searching essay by @bethlewwilliams.bsky.social, who has an important new book, “John Doe Chinaman.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...

The Ritual of Civic Apology

More than a century after driving out their Chinese residents, cities across the West are saying sorry, with parks, plaques, and proclamations. But it’s seldom clear who they’re talking to—or what the...

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Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · Sep 6

Scoop from @benrothenberg.bsky.social www.benrothenberg.com/p/us-open-do...

U.S. Open Orders Broadcasters to Censor Reactions to Trump

An email obtained by Bounces includes instructions from the U.S. Open on supporting Trump's planned stagecraft during the National Anthem.

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Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · Sep 5

David Remnick chats with Anna Wintour. This week’s @newyorker.com interview. www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...

Anna Wintour Embraces a New Era at Vogue

The longtime editor and executive talks about appointing her successor, the arc of her career, and what she thought of “The Devil Wears Prada.”

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isaac @sevier.io · Sep 3

A comrade from South Africa shared this story with me some weeks back, and yesterday was the 140 year memorial of this massacre.

A longer write up of this historical moment was written by @michaelluo.bsky.social of the New Yorker in March.

cw: racial violence web.archive.org/web/20250324...

Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you for reading!

Jack @justmejackc.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thank you, @michaelluo.bsky.social for your amazing book. Very poignant book, reading the chapter related to the expulsion of Chinese immigrants from Tacoma; while living in Tacoma!

Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · Sep 1

Welp, that was fast…

Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · Sep 1

Gauff v. Osaka. Here we go.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Aug 24

“So, what’s your take?” Andrew Marantz interviews Kareem Rahma, the creator of the viral social-media talk show “Subway Takes.”

The Creator of “Subway Takes” One Hundred Per Cent Disagrees

The “entertainer” Kareem Rahma discusses Kamala Harris’s missed opportunity on his show, meeting Andrew Cuomo, and why disagreement is more fun.

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Jonathan Blitzer @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social · Aug 20

A Tale of Two Jurists in the Trump Era, my latest @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

A Tale of Two Jurists in the Trump Era

James Boasberg, Emil Bove, and the state of the rule of law.

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Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · Aug 20

This is fun by Paige Williams. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Bill Belichick Goes Back to School

Can the legendary former Patriots coach transform U.N.C. football?

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Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · Aug 20

Love this exploration of Sincaraz by Hua Hsu. www.newyorker.com/books/under-...

The Budding Rivalry of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner

The two young champions, who met as teen-agers, are expected to face off at this year’s U.S. Open. A new book by Giri Nathan tracks their parallel ascent.

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Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · Aug 20

In which @chaykak.bsky.social explains my kids' tastes (and that of the rest of Gen Z) to me. www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...

IRL Brain Rot and the Lure of the Labubu

In the chimerical trend that is Labubumatchadubaichocolate, nothing is ever too extra. But those who embrace the aesthetic know that the only way out is further in.

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Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · Aug 19

A new book event on September 24th with China Institute! I’ll be in conversation with Susan Yuqing Feng, the institute’s director of programs. Wine and light refreshments will be served. The event will also be on the institute’s YouTube channel. Tickets here! chinainstitute.org/event/strang...