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Nicholson Baker
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New book: “Finding a Likeness.” On break from X/Twitter. Married, two children. Instagram: nicholsonbaker. linktr.ee/nicholsonbaker.
Maine, USA
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    Nicholson Baker
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    Mar 12, 2023
    "A lab leak could be that someone was out in the wild, maybe looking for different types of viruses in bats, got infected, went into a lab, and was being studied in a lab, and then it came out of the lab. But if that's the definition of a lab leak, Jim, then that still is a
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    Nicholson Baker
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    Jul 20, 2020
    This week 75 years ago Harry Truman learned that the Japanese were trying to surrender: Churchill told him that Emperor Hirohito was "asking for peace." Nonetheless the president proceeded with the atomic bombing of Japan. From his diary. google.com/books/edition/…
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    Nicholson Baker
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    Jul 4, 2020
    we’ve got to take better care of this little marble
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    Nicholson Baker
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    Sep 29, 2017
    My wife went to the farmers market and came home with an anthology of mushrooms.
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    Nicholson Baker
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    Mar 3, 2020
    Six a.m. Super Tuesday morning in Maine. Driving people to the polls today. Voting for Bernie.
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    Nicholson Baker
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    Jan 8, 2020
    Found out yesterday that since November the Wikipedia article about me has said that I'm divorced and living in South Florida. Very odd. For the record I'm happily married--for more than thirty years--to a delightful woman I met in college, Margaret Brentano. We live in Maine.
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    Nicholson Baker
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    Jan 31, 2024
    I wrote about flying saucers for New York Magazine
    How We Lost Our Minds About UFOs
    From nymag.com
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    Nicholson Baker
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    Nov 22, 2019
    6:40 am. Winter again in Maine
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    Nicholson Baker
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    Apr 24, 2024
    Medea Benjamin, @medeabenjamin, co-founder of Code Pink, pencil with digital color.
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    Nicholson Baker
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    Jul 22, 2017
    4:20am, my office window
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    Nicholson Baker
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    Mar 26, 2020
    eight minutes ago
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    Nicholson Baker
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    Feb 7, 2020
    Down in the basement going through my book one last time.
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    Nicholson Baker
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    Dec 16, 2021
    My long piece on the origins of Covid was the number 1 most-read article in New York Magazine for 2021, for gosh sakes. Worked hard on it, glad people read it
    New York’s 20 Most-Read Stories in 2021
    From nymag.com
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    Nicholson Baker
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    Jan 22, 2017
    Big crowd in Concord, New Hampshire, today. Great speeches. Our friend Sally made us pink hats.