THE RISE AND FALL AND RISE OF AMERICAN PUBLISHING
STEVE WASSERMAN In January, I wrote for the Winter 2026 issue of LIBERTIES quarterly journal a lengthy consideration of the state of American publishing. LIBERTIES was founded five years ago…
“Tell Me Something, Tell Me Anything, Even If It’s a Lie”
“These are famous intellectuals, but you humanize them, and you involve your own criticism.”
Steve Wasserman: Turn of the Screw
Imprisoned Latin Grammy winner: "For this, we made a revolution?"
Steve Wasserman: Remembering Joan Didion, a ‘Singular’ California Writer and a ‘Helluva Lot of Fun’
Heyday editor Steve Wasserman and “Scheer Intelligence” host Robert Scheer fondly reminisce over their friend, and what made her, her fiction, and her journalism transcendent.
What Simon & Schuster’s Acquisition Would Mean for American Publishing
If past experience is a useful guide to the future, we need not overly fear such imperial mergers and acquisitions.
Steve Wasserman: The Future of Books
Heyday Books' Steve Wasserman talks with "Scheer Intelligence" host Robert Scheer about why books are more important now than ever.