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A biography of the late American diplomat. Published by Penguin Random House, May 2020.

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography, the National Books Critics Circle Award, and the Plutarch Prize. Winner of the Christopher Hitchens Award and the L.A. Times Book Circle Award, 2019. 

The fourth novel by the actor/novelist, "a heartbreaking meditation on family, religion, sex, greed, human nature, and the vanishing environment of an ancient desert." Published by Farrar, Straus, Giroux, February 2021.

Feature article on America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan that added moral injury to military failure. And how a group of soldiers, veterans, and ordinary citizens came together to try to save Afghan lives and salvage some American honor. Cover story for The Atlantic magazine, February 2022. 

A 3-part video series investigating how the diverse subcultures of skateboarding are managing their maturation from outsider activity to Olympic-level athletics.

Extended polemical essay "diagnosing America’s descent into a failed state, and envisioning a path toward overcoming our injustices, paralyses, and divides." Published by Farrar, Straus, Giroux, June 2021.