I'm looking forward to participating in this virtual event tomorrow (Friday) marking the World Day of International Justice. It should be intriguing. It's free and open to anyone who wants to register.

#Writing: "Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works." – Virginia Woolf

"Their only method of communication." Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author Helen Fry & @yalepress.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

#Writing: "It is a foolish thing to make a long prologue, and to be short in the story itself." – The Bible (Authorized Version, 1611): II Maccabees (Apocrypha) ch. 2, v. 32

"Notebooks filled with dirty #poems." Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author Mark Forsyth & @atlanticbooks.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

"Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle #writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher." – Flannery O'Connor

"A garish costume party." Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @devintoshea.bsky.social & @haymarketbooks.org! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

#Writing: "What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience?" – Rollo May

"Concern for the future of the #trees." Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @coastcompanion.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

#Writing: "Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can." – Jane Austen

"Obsession, heartbreak." Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @kait.bsky.social & @crownpublishing.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

This month the Kindle edition of my book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist is on sale for $1.99.

#Writing: "What matters in learning is not to be taught, but to wake up." - Jean-Henri Fabre

"An elite port of call." Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @michaelgrossauthor.bsky.social & @harperbooks.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

"A devastating betrayal." Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @gregjlewis.bsky.social & @pegasus-books.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

#Writing: "Alas, I have no reminiscences worthy to be recorded!" – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Cardozo

"A new kind of migrant worker." Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @robertsuits.bsky.social & @princetonupress.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

#Writing: "How much easier it would be if we were allowed to acknowledge that we are afraid." – Christa Wolf

"Against all odds." Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @sallyhayd.bsky.social & @scribnerbooks.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

#Writing: ''Tis the song, the sigh of the weary; hard times, hard times, come again no more." – Stephen Foster, born 200 years ago on today's date

#Writing: "I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen." – Louisa May Alcott

"A dazzling cultural icon." Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @aleliabundles.bsky.social & @scribnerbooks.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

#Writing: "Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better." - Emile Coué, who died 100 years ago on today's date

"Bullet hole scar between eyes." Did the Walla Walla County Sheriff's Department get its man? Today's historic #wantedposter from Damn History, my free newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

#Writing: "Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in." – Katherine Mansfield

Now out: the July issue of DAMN HISTORY, my free monthly newsletter for #history readers and writers. Bailing on books, vaudeville's worst act, government vs jazz, saving porn theaters, 747 jumbos gone, baseball monkeys, + more. Read/subscribe: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

"Biggest scandal in modern #chess." Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @benmezrich.bsky.social & @grandcentralpub.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

#Writing: "Everybody's reviewing the same five books." – Laurie Herzel

90 years ago this summer... Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @geoffwill.bsky.social & @pegasus-books.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

#Writing: "I have this accent that when people hear it, they think 'Harvard snob,' and turn away." – George Plimpton