Matthew Goodman
@mgoodmanbooks.bsky.social
Brooklynite, author of narrative histories including the NYT bestseller EIGHTY DAYS and THE CITY GAME, and the recently released PARIS UNDERCOVER. Mets fan. Loves the semicolon.
To those threatening to leave NYC in the wake of Zohran’s victory, I say the same thing I said to those who fled the city after 9/11:
November 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
To those threatening to leave NYC in the wake of Zohran’s victory, I say the same thing I said to those who fled the city after 9/11:
For all the Lebowski heads out there, like me:
October 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
For all the Lebowski heads out there, like me:
Tribute to Toni Cade Bambara, Trastevere, Rome
September 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Tribute to Toni Cade Bambara, Trastevere, Rome
Brattleboro, Vermont
August 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Brattleboro, Vermont
I’m thrilled to announce that my book PARIS UNDERCOVER has been selected for the long list for the 2025 American Library in Paris Book Award. It’s an honor to be included in this wonderful lineup of books and authors!
July 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I’m thrilled to announce that my book PARIS UNDERCOVER has been selected for the long list for the 2025 American Library in Paris Book Award. It’s an honor to be included in this wonderful lineup of books and authors!
RIP Dave (“The Cobra”) Parker, right fielder non pareil and the baddest mf ever to play the game
June 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
RIP Dave (“The Cobra”) Parker, right fielder non pareil and the baddest mf ever to play the game
Surely the greatest “fuck you” letter in the history of American publishing, written by 79-year-old author Norman Maclean to an editor at Alfred A. Knopf, which had rejected his first book, A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT.
June 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Surely the greatest “fuck you” letter in the history of American publishing, written by 79-year-old author Norman Maclean to an editor at Alfred A. Knopf, which had rejected his first book, A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT.
Happy Workers’ Day to all who celebrate
May 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Happy Workers’ Day to all who celebrate
Observation during Covid film-bingeing: You will scarcely ever see a more intelligent, surprising, and thoroughly entertaining performance than the one given in the small indie feature “Lousy Carter” by the great (and sorely underappreciated) David Krumholtz.
April 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Observation during Covid film-bingeing: You will scarcely ever see a more intelligent, surprising, and thoroughly entertaining performance than the one given in the small indie feature “Lousy Carter” by the great (and sorely underappreciated) David Krumholtz.
The President of the United States as late-night TV pitchman.
April 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The President of the United States as late-night TV pitchman.
When the metaphor is just too on the nose
April 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
When the metaphor is just too on the nose
The left side of this chart is how American business thought the economy would do when Trump got elected. The right side is how it’s actually doing.
March 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The left side of this chart is how American business thought the economy would do when Trump got elected. The right side is how it’s actually doing.
Every Valentine's Day, I recall the time my friend Katrina heard two guys arguing about parking a moving truck in Brooklyn, when one of them shouted: “I’m telling you, Love is not one way! It’s never been one way! Love is a fucking two-way street!”
February 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Every Valentine's Day, I recall the time my friend Katrina heard two guys arguing about parking a moving truck in Brooklyn, when one of them shouted: “I’m telling you, Love is not one way! It’s never been one way! Love is a fucking two-way street!”
Happy birthday to what is still the greatest correction in the history of the New York Times!
January 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Happy birthday to what is still the greatest correction in the history of the New York Times!
Shout out to Sue Ellen Mischke!
January 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Shout out to Sue Ellen Mischke!
Is there anything as beautiful as Paris cobblestones in the rain?
January 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Is there anything as beautiful as Paris cobblestones in the rain?
All of the primary food groups have been accounted for. (Trifle cooling in the fridge.)
Happy New Year, everyone!
Happy New Year, everyone!
January 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
All of the primary food groups have been accounted for. (Trifle cooling in the fridge.)
Happy New Year, everyone!
Happy New Year, everyone!
Pete Seeger to Bob Dylan circa 1990s: “Someone told me that you too think I didn’t like your ‘going electric’ in 1965. I’ve denied that so many times — I was furious at the distorted sound … I shoulda said, ‘Howling Wolf goes electric, why can’t Bob?’”
December 31, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Pete Seeger to Bob Dylan circa 1990s: “Someone told me that you too think I didn’t like your ‘going electric’ in 1965. I’ve denied that so many times — I was furious at the distorted sound … I shoulda said, ‘Howling Wolf goes electric, why can’t Bob?’”
Detail of a medieval wall, Domme, France.
December 29, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Detail of a medieval wall, Domme, France.
Remembering the great Joan Didion on the third anniversary of her death.
“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.”
“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.”
December 23, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Remembering the great Joan Didion on the third anniversary of her death.
“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.”
“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.”
It’s always the right time for latkes!
[Mexican potato latkes with corn and carrot]
[Mexican potato latkes with corn and carrot]
December 23, 2024 at 2:09 PM
It’s always the right time for latkes!
[Mexican potato latkes with corn and carrot]
[Mexican potato latkes with corn and carrot]