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Literary agent at Georges Borchardt, wide range of non fiction. Former Little, Brown, Macmillan, S&S. Agent contact: [email protected]. Interested in experts, reporters, and compelling work writ large. Feel free to query me at the email above.

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Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · Mar 21

Reporters, scholars across disciplines, critics—if you’re pushing boundaries, and doing important work, get in touch. And share with others, for discovering what books we can do is paramount nowadays. I’m excited to learn something new, and help you bring it to market.

Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · 27d

If anyone needed reminding of the importance of books, know that the LLMs that have rapidly become commonplace among so many have used books as part of their predictive persuasion. Nearly all ideas, good or bad, probably came from a writer.

Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · Aug 24

A book I have been waiting for - and all the reviews make me quite thrilled to begin reading it.

Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · Aug 19

Charles Blow with a profound review of Nicholas Boggs' new biography of James Baldwin: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b...

A Tender New Biography Emphasizes James Baldwin’s Romantic Side

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Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · Jul 25

If you’re an expert or reporter, I’m a nonfiction agent at Borchardt who focuses on ideas and stories that matter, whether it’s a big idea, history, psychology, science, economics, social issue reporting, or exceptional literary or creative nonfiction. Get in touch!

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Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · Jul 25

I like this idea. One recent one I heard which makes me think “what if” is that Toni Morrison began work on her memoir, but passed before it finished.

Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · Jul 12

Terrific book. A new way to think about an issue I thought I had a good handle on. Essential reading from @jgienapp.bsky.social

Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · Jul 12

Against Constitutional Originalism by @jgienapp.bsky.social is as accessible as it is important, which can rarely be said about a work of Constitutional theory and interpretation. Should be great for course use in law, poli sci, and history.
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

A book: Jonathan Gienapp, Against Constitutional Originalism: A Historical Critique," with a blurb from Cass Sunstein: "Gienapp's book comes as a thunderclapp."

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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · Jul 4

Hoping to finish by the end of the year my book subtitled "How America Got This Way." To be published by Little, Brown.

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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · Jun 17

I'm looking forward to reading this. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/b...

You Know the Novelist. Now Meet Toni Morrison the Editor.

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Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · Jun 17

Lots to ponder in this piece. What’s Happening to Reading? www.newyorker.com/culture/open...

What’s Happening to Reading?

For many people, A.I. may be bringing the age of traditional text to an end.

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Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · Jun 13

I think you should ask the Atlantic to brand a section for you called, The Grahammys

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Melvin Rogers @prorogers.bsky.social · Apr 21

I am late in seeing this!!

Jack El-Hai @jackelhai.bsky.social · Apr 16

"Baldwin wrestled with this anxiety."

Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @prorogers.bsky.social & @liberalcurrents.com!

Read/subscribe to Damn History: buff.ly/3CqxZ0z

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Existential Liberalism: James Baldwin and the Problem of Freedom

The burden of freedom has always been heavy, and Baldwin forces us to confront whether we are willing to bear it.

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Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · Jun 9

Agree. From Borchardt client Arlie Hoschild, who has written incredible accounts of this era were in, from Strangers in Our Land and, most recently, Stolen Pride.

Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · Jun 9

Remarkable reported opinion piece. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...

Opinion | My Journey Deep in the Heart of Trump Country

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Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · Jun 4

Sad to see this. When I first moved to NYC, I wanted to read books about the city, and White’s City Boy was a revelation. A loss for American letters. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/a...

Edmund White, Novelist and Pioneer of Gay Literature, Dies at 85

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Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · May 31

Excited what’s in store for you, Thomas!

Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · May 30

Historians, if you’re doing important work and interested in trade publishing, please get in touch. It is an area I love, and am always looking to represent in, especially in the areas the discipline has historically ignored!

Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · May 15

Can’t wait to get a copy of this!

Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · May 15

Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · May 7

Very proud of these two, both of whom won Pulitzers as part of their teams at the Washington Post and WSJ, respectively. It was an honor to publish their first books!

Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · Apr 28

The blitz of news, coming hourly, in all directions, latched to social media’s ability to transmit thought instantly has made the “thinking slow” aspect of proper judgement - per Kahneman - pretty tough.

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Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · Apr 21

Can’t wait to pick up Cassidy’s new book.

John Cassidy @johncassidysays.bsky.social · Apr 21

I'm enormously grateful to Becca Rothfeld and
@washingtonpost.com for this thoughtful and early review of my new book, Capitalism and Its Critics: A History from the Industrial Revolution to A.I.

www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

Review | Critics have always reminded us: Capitalism is a choice

John Cassidy’s “Capitalism and Its Critics” is a rewarding guide to the many fascinating attempts throughout history to rethink or resist the economic system

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Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · Apr 20

Very excited by @leahlitman.bsky.social’s book! I had the small benefit of talking to her about it when I was an editor, and I was already a fan. Now its timing is, sadly, impeccable, but vibes is a pretty good summation of what we’re witnessing. Ordered.

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · Apr 20

*clears throat*: if you’d like to read more about this … delivered in a snarky, irreverent tone, may I recommend …. bookshop.org/p/books/lawl...

LAWLESS: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, & Bad Vibes

By Leah Litman

Out May 13

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Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · Apr 18

Can’t wait to read, Tim. Been excited by this from the first time I heard you were embarking on this. Congrats!

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Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · Apr 14

An incredible group of scholars! Eager to follow along, and see what you all decide to publish.

Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · Apr 14

Sad news. Years ago I worked on the paperback editions of his work in English, and though his reputation whipsawed in recent years, reading his work and being part of it in a small way was special. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/b...

Mario Vargas Llosa: An Appreciation

The Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa was the world’s savviest and most accomplished political novelist.

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Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · Apr 14

Been revisiting Lasch, when I can, to help read between the news. This piece does a good job of synthesizing his prescience—as well as showing that some features of the moment are not new, just repackaged. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/b...

30 Years Ago, This Book Saw the Coming Backlash Against Elites

Christopher Lasch’s “The Revolt of the Elites” anticipated the resentments of ordinary Americans that have led inexorably to Trumpism.

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Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · Apr 11

Terrific review and appraisal of Lynne Tillman and her new book of stories, by Jess Row: www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

Review | These short-short stories don’t leave you much time to catch your breath

“Thrilled to Death” is a selection of Lynne Tillman’s fiction from the 1980s to the present day.

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Pronoy @pronoysarkar.bsky.social · Apr 5

An interview with historian Nell Painter. Informative, incisive, and most of all, not irritating, like the news out of Washington. www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

History in Open Air | Nell Irvin Painter, Sam Needleman

Since the end of the last century, Nell Irvin Painter writes in her essay “‘This Land Is Yours,’” published in our March 27 issue, historians of many