It's official: I'll be publishing my book with @UNC_Press! It explores how Americans have made sense of slavery's place in George Washington's legacy from his death until today. Look for it in February 2026.

This essay from @caityweaver in today’s NYT Magazine is hilarious and wonderful. Every joke got me.

@profcsanders Thanks so much! I can’t wait for people to read it… gonna be a long year of waiting for me.

@Metzgurdlin Thanks man. Really excited about this one.

@SonyaBonczek Aw man, thank you so much! Can't wait to work on this together...especially now that the hardest part is done!!!

@CulturedModesty @NewBooksNetwork Pencil me in for January 2026!

@CulturedModesty It's been a journey, man. A very different book now than it was then, but can't wait for folks to be able to read it.

RT @DGershenowitz: Not only did @johngmarks do all of this but he also taught me how to say "semiquincentennial." Delighted that @UNC_Press…

@Greg1Garrett Thanks!

RT @johngmarks: After a year of waking up at 5am pretty much every single day, I submitted my book manuscript to my publisher today! Look f…

@GeneProck Thanks so much!

@presidencies89 Thanks!

@rkdcolby86 Thank you!

@LoweJohnThomas Thanks!

@CalScherm It’s been a long haul. You’re in the book though!

@anthonysiracusa Thank you!

@AlexisCoe My kids certainly seem to think so. And thanks!

I'm often bummed how little our national discourse about history has changed in the last 200 years while writing this book, but my chapter on classrooms/textbooks takes the cake. Below is from @TheAtlantic in 1967, on the fight in CA over the adoption of a new history textbook.

@danieltbrennan People lining the streets to see Greg Schiano drive by behind police escort

@Andrew_Russell7 I keep waiting for the point in the season where they re-tool a bunch of stuff on the fly and then the whole rest of the season is full of "Since Week X..." analysis. Maybe this week!