Wow Bill on the front page! For what it’s worth, he’s the only author who has written me back after I sent him a note through USPS. He’s a fascinating, charitable thinker with a multifaceted oeuvre and this text will be a profound addition to it.

His essay in Harper's mentioned in the article:

https://archive.ph/2026.03.21-191750/https://harpers.org/arc...

I read his Europe Central last year. It was a challenging read, but I came out of it knowing more about Shostakovich’s (alleged) sex life. And other neat WWII stuff, too.

This article was so exciting to read I stopped in the middle to Google if it was available. It is not... yet. But the release date is this June. https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/arcade-publishing/9781648...

Sounds incredible. Like a lot of his stuff. Also sounds incredibly intimidating.

I didn't know most of this, but eagerly await my pre-order!

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