


Olmsted’s Staten Island Farm
, January 2020
Before creating landscape masterpieces like Central Park, Olmsted worked the land as a farmer

Every Atom (Reflections on Walt Whitman at 200)
, August 2019
On the bicentennial of his birth, writers reflect on favorite lines of Whitman poetry

Midterms (Lincoln’s included) Have Always Been a Tough Presidential Test
, September 2018
Author of book on Lincoln and Antietam discusses the mid-term challenge


The TNB Self-Interview
The Nervous Breakdown, September 8, 2014
…in which I boldly interview myself about my book Rebel Souls.

How American Bohemia Was Born in a Basement Saloon
Wall Street Journal online, September 5, 2014
For WSJ.com’s Speakeasy, a piece about Walt Whitman and his rowdy artists’ circle.

An Unruly Roundup Of America’s First Bohemians
Huffington Post, September 2014
A quick primer on the colorful cast of my book Rebel Souls.

Walt Whitman’s Secret History as a Barfly
History News Network, August 29, 2014
Time at Pfaff’s, a seedy Manhattan saloon, was essential to shaping the immortal poet.

Money: The Unauthorized Biography
San Francisco Chronicle, April 20, 2014
A review of Felix Martin’s book about the history of money.