Jonathan Mahler
@jonathanmahler.bsky.social
Staff Writer, New York Times Magazine. Author, THE GODS OF NEW YORK (Aug 2025). And, previously, The Bronx Is Burning and The Challenge.
Maybe above all, THE GODS OF NEW YORK might help you better understand how America arrived at its current political and cultural moment. @emilynussbaum.bsky.social (3/4)
August 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Maybe above all, THE GODS OF NEW YORK might help you better understand how America arrived at its current political and cultural moment. @emilynussbaum.bsky.social (3/4)
I cover lots of iconic events: Howard Beach. ACT UP. Black Monday. Tawana Brawley. The Central Park jogger. Do the Right Thing. But I'm also telling the larger story of the birth of modern New York. It is (I'm told!) a blast to read. (2/4)
August 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I cover lots of iconic events: Howard Beach. ACT UP. Black Monday. Tawana Brawley. The Central Park jogger. Do the Right Thing. But I'm also telling the larger story of the birth of modern New York. It is (I'm told!) a blast to read. (2/4)
THE GODS OF NEW YORK is out Aug 12! It's a narrative history of NYC in the 80s, a sort of sequel to The Bronx Is Burning. It's the story of a cast of outsized figures (Koch, Sharpton, Trump, Rudy, Larry Kramer, Spike Lee and more) who turned the city into their own, grand stage.
August 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
THE GODS OF NEW YORK is out Aug 12! It's a narrative history of NYC in the 80s, a sort of sequel to The Bronx Is Burning. It's the story of a cast of outsized figures (Koch, Sharpton, Trump, Rudy, Larry Kramer, Spike Lee and more) who turned the city into their own, grand stage.