here is a very self-serving question for y’all: if i were to put out a curated book of my work from the past half decade on democracy and constitutional reform in the US — with plenty of new material as well — would you find that worthwhile?
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Yes!
may 15, 2025, 12:51 am • 1 0 • view
Yes. Would be a great Xmas gift for several people in my orbit.
may 14, 2025, 7:53 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes!
may 15, 2025, 3:05 am • 1 0 • view
Yep
may 14, 2025, 6:56 pm • 1 0 • view
Absolutely!
may 14, 2025, 11:23 pm • 2 0 • view
emphatically yes
may 14, 2025, 6:58 pm • 1 0 • view
yes definitely
may 15, 2025, 2:56 pm • 2 0 • view
You're honestly great, but no. I say that because I think most people here will kiss your ass in reply, or just genuinely want the book. I personally think you're most compelling in short form.
may 14, 2025, 7:17 pm • 1 0 • view
YES
may 15, 2025, 12:03 am • 1 0 • view
may 14, 2025, 7:52 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes. It is vital that a permanent record be preserved and made available to everyone.
may 14, 2025, 7:12 pm • 3 0 • view
hell yes, please do it.
may 14, 2025, 8:03 pm • 2 0 • view
may 14, 2025, 8:22 pm • 2 0 • view
Yes 💙
may 15, 2025, 12:35 am • 1 0 • view
Yes
may 14, 2025, 7:59 pm • 1 0 • view
👍🏻
may 15, 2025, 12:08 am • 1 0 • view
Yes
may 14, 2025, 10:30 pm • 1 0 • view
Absolutely
may 15, 2025, 1:55 am • 1 0 • view
Oh my goodness. Most definitely!
may 14, 2025, 10:25 pm • 1 0 • view
All two pages?
may 15, 2025, 1:55 am • 1 0 • view
Yes, please!
may 15, 2025, 2:07 am • 1 0 • view
Hell yes.
may 15, 2025, 1:55 pm • 1 0 • view
I have been wanting to support you directly, so yes.
may 14, 2025, 6:48 pm • 3 0 • view
I would find it interesting, but you might have to title it "I told Ya'll"
may 15, 2025, 9:26 am • 4 0 • view
Yes
may 15, 2025, 12:19 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes.
may 14, 2025, 9:40 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes.
may 14, 2025, 8:12 pm • 1 0 • view
that's a yes.
may 14, 2025, 7:33 pm • 2 0 • view
No joke, I was just thinking today, "I wish there was a book of Jamelle Bouie stuff I could buy." Would be great to have myself but also a good gift for friends who are interested in these topics.
may 14, 2025, 6:50 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes, a thousand times yes!
may 14, 2025, 7:04 pm • 2 0 • view
Yes!
may 14, 2025, 8:51 pm • 1 0 • view
Absolutely
may 14, 2025, 9:35 pm • 2 0 • view
Would.
may 14, 2025, 7:00 pm • 1 0 • view
Absolutely. I would love to read it!
may 14, 2025, 9:09 pm • 1 0 • view
My tbr list is long but but I’d add that to it
may 15, 2025, 12:27 pm • 0 0 • view
100% and yes, pls
may 14, 2025, 9:42 pm • 2 0 • view
100%!
may 14, 2025, 10:36 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes. 100%
may 14, 2025, 8:23 pm • 2 0 • view
On books of this nature, a series of essays over time, I like a contemporary setup for each one or group of essays. The setup should explain what was happening then and maybe provide a retrospective on your thinking at the time.
may 15, 2025, 2:00 am • 7 0 • view
Yes 💯
may 14, 2025, 7:27 pm • 1 0 • view
YES!
may 14, 2025, 8:40 pm • 2 0 • view
As long as it's available in the UK :)
may 14, 2025, 10:25 pm • 0 0 • view
I'm in.
may 14, 2025, 11:06 pm • 1 0 • view
I just might.
may 14, 2025, 7:15 pm • 1 0 • view
I would preorder this today.
may 14, 2025, 7:14 pm • 3 0 • view
I’d buy it 👍🏻
may 14, 2025, 6:53 pm • 4 0 • view
yes PLEASE!
may 14, 2025, 7:57 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes!
may 14, 2025, 8:08 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes, especially if it also had some of the vibe of your newsletter - a song lyric as chapter heading, a cool original photo, a quote from a cereal review snuck in like an Easter egg, etc. :)
may 15, 2025, 1:36 am • 1 0 • view
may 15, 2025, 3:15 am • 1 0 • view
Yes please
may 14, 2025, 7:08 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes
may 14, 2025, 6:48 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes!!
may 14, 2025, 8:23 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes! It is much needed!
may 15, 2025, 8:46 am • 4 0 • view
Yes sir. Your voice is VITAL to so many of us.
may 14, 2025, 8:11 pm • 2 0 • view
I’d pay for it to support you.
may 14, 2025, 9:26 pm • 1 0 • view
Absolutely. That is a book I would buy.
may 14, 2025, 10:12 pm • 1 0 • view
Absolutely. I especially value the way that you bring historical context--the Civil War, Reconstruction, changes to the constitution since the 19th century--into discussions about contemporary political questions. I would absolutely eat up a text like that, likely assign some of it to my students
may 14, 2025, 7:56 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes!
may 14, 2025, 9:08 pm • 3 0 • view
Yes. Very much so.
may 14, 2025, 9:49 pm • 1 0 • view
If it’s paperback.
may 15, 2025, 3:04 am • 1 0 • view
Not only this audience, but historical educators might find that information very informative & instructional? I'm a big fan of "learning from the past" & (at least currently, imho) we seem to have skipped some of those essential lessons.
may 14, 2025, 7:41 pm • 13 0 • view
So we can preorder now? 😉
may 15, 2025, 1:51 am • 2 0 • view
I'd buy it. I've probably missed a good deal of your writing at one point or another.
may 14, 2025, 6:49 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes
may 15, 2025, 12:36 am • 0 0 • view
Yessir!
may 14, 2025, 6:52 pm • 1 0 • view
i struggle to think of a quicker purchase
may 15, 2025, 3:27 am • 1 0 • view
YES! Do it!
may 14, 2025, 7:33 pm • 1 0 • view
may 15, 2025, 3:15 am • 3 0 • view
💯
may 15, 2025, 9:59 am • 1 0 • view
Absolutely!
may 15, 2025, 3:25 am • 1 0 • view
YES!
may 30, 2025, 6:47 pm • 0 0 • view
Probably.
may 14, 2025, 8:47 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes, but also: do you ever consider a photography book? Or leading a photography seminar/field trip?
may 15, 2025, 4:57 am • 2 0 • view
If it came with Xanax or a fifth of scotch, absolutely!
may 14, 2025, 7:54 pm • 2 0 • view
Jamelle, honey, you're a star no matter what you do. Hell yah we are all interested
may 14, 2025, 8:15 pm • 1 0 • view
And do a cook book too !
may 14, 2025, 10:17 pm • 18 0 • view
Add in some of his photos too.
may 14, 2025, 10:37 pm • 7 0 • view
U bet!
may 14, 2025, 8:14 pm • 1 0 • view
As I like to write when retweeting you, "Always read Jamelle Bouie." Let's go!
may 14, 2025, 6:58 pm • 1 0 • view
Assuming thjs would be published after the compilation of reviews from Unclear and Present Danger?
may 15, 2025, 3:43 pm • 2 0 • view
yes
may 15, 2025, 3:59 am • 3 0 • view
Absolutely
may 14, 2025, 6:54 pm • 1 0 • view
Yep
may 15, 2025, 1:38 am • 2 0 • view
Hmmm, I don't know. Will there be werewolves involved? 😁
may 15, 2025, 4:09 pm • 0 0 • view
scandalized that you even have to ask!
may 14, 2025, 7:05 pm • 2 0 • view
Yes, please!
may 15, 2025, 3:18 am • 1 0 • view
Yes, absolutely!
may 14, 2025, 8:06 pm • 1 0 • view
I would.
may 14, 2025, 6:59 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes please
may 15, 2025, 7:24 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes!
may 15, 2025, 3:54 pm • 0 0 • view
take my money, now
may 14, 2025, 6:49 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes!!
may 14, 2025, 8:46 pm • 1 0 • view
So, dystopian historical fiction then? 😉
may 14, 2025, 6:53 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes!
may 14, 2025, 7:05 pm • 0 0 • view
Fuck yes
may 14, 2025, 7:41 pm • 1 0 • view
Yeah absolutely
may 14, 2025, 6:48 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes
may 14, 2025, 9:30 pm • 2 0 • view
Yes.
may 14, 2025, 9:56 pm • 1 0 • view
This would be one of the very very few American products I would buy
may 15, 2025, 3:42 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes.
may 14, 2025, 10:26 pm • 1 0 • view
If you were to package this with the rainbow Gadsden hat then I predict a brisk business in my household
may 15, 2025, 1:31 am • 1 0 • view
Yes!
may 15, 2025, 1:51 am • 2 0 • view
You are among the most clear-minded and astute thinkers writing at any elite publications in this country, and your voice on that exact topic is absolutely essential to our times. Very hard to imagine anyone with an opinion worth hearing who would answer in the negative.
may 15, 2025, 4:21 am • 11 1 • view
Absolutely. I’d buy it, read it, and share it.
may 15, 2025, 1:02 pm • 1 0 • view
For sure...but can i get a photobook for my ☕️table first?
may 14, 2025, 6:53 pm • 1 0 • view
Duh of course
may 14, 2025, 7:41 pm • 1 0 • view
Only if there’s cereal and Nintendo reviews with pictures you’ve taken as well
may 14, 2025, 6:54 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes!
may 14, 2025, 7:54 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes, please.
may 15, 2025, 2:19 am • 1 0 • view
Would it be through the NYT or independent?
may 15, 2025, 4:03 am • 1 0 • view
I would probably read that.
may 14, 2025, 8:00 pm • 1 0 • view
Sure, as long as all proceeds go to your Virginia Senate campaign fund.
may 14, 2025, 6:51 pm • 6 0 • view
I think it would be good to have this - to compile these things together in one place where one could see through lines - it would have the added benefit of being available offline, which feels valuable and worthwhile.
may 15, 2025, 12:43 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes! 🙌🏻
may 14, 2025, 6:48 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes, it'd be great to read. A suggestion on new material: take a trip, incognito, like Ta-Nehisi did, but to random other countries, to give perspective on US.
may 14, 2025, 6:57 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes please
may 14, 2025, 8:17 pm • 1 0 • view
Hell to the yes here! I’d buy it in a heartbeat!
may 15, 2025, 3:21 pm • 0 0 • view
hell to the YEAH
may 14, 2025, 8:06 pm • 1 0 • view
Can you get Prof Balfour on the intro? It would go triple platinum in my home.
may 14, 2025, 7:12 pm • 1 0 • view
Absolutely yes.
may 14, 2025, 8:00 pm • 1 0 • view
No. Because we don’t have democracy OR a functional constitution.
may 14, 2025, 8:58 pm • 3 0 • view
It would be a memoir. And I think he should go for it.
may 14, 2025, 9:53 pm • 2 0 • view
There good ole days when laws were enforced.
may 15, 2025, 1:27 am • 1 0 • view
Yes. That would be good.
may 14, 2025, 8:46 pm • 1 0 • view
I have recently discovered you through Bluesky. I would be very eager to read more, long form pieces. I appreciate your insight.
may 14, 2025, 8:27 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes
may 14, 2025, 10:23 pm • 1 0 • view
yes!!!!!!
may 14, 2025, 7:43 pm • 5 0 • view
Absolutely. I happily bought @adamserwer.bsky.social’s The Cruelty Is the Point.
may 14, 2025, 6:53 pm • 2 0 • view
Me too.
may 14, 2025, 6:56 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes - put it all together. Would love to read and own it
may 14, 2025, 7:56 pm • 1 0 • view
slamming my credit card into the Bookshop dot org order page to secure my preorder of The Bouie Manifesto
may 14, 2025, 7:31 pm • 0 0 • view
👀
may 15, 2025, 6:18 am • 5 0 • view
Yes.
may 14, 2025, 10:59 pm • 1 0 • view
may 14, 2025, 7:50 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes
may 14, 2025, 7:04 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes!
may 15, 2025, 11:44 pm • 0 0 • view
Absolutely!
may 14, 2025, 7:38 pm • 1 0 • view
As long as it includes cereal reviews, yes.
may 14, 2025, 6:49 pm • 22 0 • view
This could be the chapter titles
may 14, 2025, 7:09 pm • 5 0 • view
Yes. And if I were to put out a book on regressive governance, a term I coined in 2017, describing the proliferation of the scaling back and stripping of rights across political regimes ‐ would you all find that interesting or useful?
may 15, 2025, 10:51 am • 8 0 • view
Absolutely - especially if you include your historical connections, Jamelle. Your command of history helps to set your work apart (amongst other things), in my opinion.
may 14, 2025, 6:57 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes!
may 14, 2025, 7:04 pm • 1 0 • view
Bring it!
may 14, 2025, 10:36 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes!
may 15, 2025, 12:07 am • 1 0 • view
I think the question you may want to ask is, "Would you pay money to buy it?" If you want to do this to make money, that's the question you need to ask. Personally, I'm a big fan of public libraries. If you want to do it just to add value to society, then your original question is fine.
may 14, 2025, 11:36 pm • 1 0 • view
Maybe! I've read (and not enjoyed) books that were clearly magazine articles stapled together and weakly connected. A curated, organized collection of essays would be better; a book with a particular topic/thesis would be best of all.
may 14, 2025, 9:15 pm • 2 0 • view
Of course!
may 14, 2025, 7:08 pm • 9 0 • view
It seemed to work out well for the Abundance coauthors!
may 14, 2025, 7:36 pm • 5 0 • view
Absolutely. I would pre-order that shit.
may 15, 2025, 12:36 am • 1 0 • view
Hell: I'll pre-order it right now! Open a Kickstarter >:( >:(
may 15, 2025, 12:37 am • 1 0 • view
Yes
may 15, 2025, 12:00 pm • 0 0 • view
YES
may 15, 2025, 10:34 am • 2 0 • view
yes
may 14, 2025, 6:48 pm • 1 0 • view
Absolutely
may 14, 2025, 6:48 pm • 1 0 • view
may 14, 2025, 7:27 pm • 3 0 • view
yes. also my dream is to have you and @ositanwanevu.com and @sifill.bsky.social lead the next constitutional convention. Which I feel like we’re really, really gonna need
may 14, 2025, 7:00 pm • 5 0 • view
I'd be happy if we just enforcef the last one. Ignoring entire sections of the existing Constitution doesn't bode well for a new one. "A republic, if you can keep it. " Benjamin Franklin
may 14, 2025, 7:46 pm • 4 0 • view
Please do! And if you need a designer/typesetter, I would love to help!
may 14, 2025, 6:50 pm • 1 0 • view
I’ll buy multiple copies.
may 14, 2025, 6:49 pm • 1 0 • view
With a recipe section at the end ?
may 15, 2025, 11:02 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes 🙌
may 15, 2025, 11:01 pm • 0 0 • view
Where do I pre-order?
may 14, 2025, 8:40 pm • 1 0 • view
gimme now
may 14, 2025, 7:08 pm • 0 0 • view
Abso-F'n-lutely!
may 14, 2025, 7:02 pm • 1 0 • view
I would buy several copies to hand out. Please do so.
may 15, 2025, 1:38 am • 3 0 • view
Oh hell yea
may 14, 2025, 6:49 pm • 1 0 • view
Absoluetly yes.
may 14, 2025, 8:58 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes, and it would be greatly appreciated.
may 14, 2025, 7:54 pm • 0 0 • view
Yessss
may 14, 2025, 6:55 pm • 1 0 • view
I would! I don’t know you before BlueSky but I have quickly become a fan of your insights!
may 14, 2025, 8:56 pm • 1 0 • view
Yeah
may 14, 2025, 10:05 pm • 1 0 • view
may 14, 2025, 10:29 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes please!!
may 14, 2025, 6:58 pm • 1 0 • view
Hard mode: only tweets/skeets
may 14, 2025, 7:17 pm • 2 0 • view
Damn, as it were, skippy.
may 14, 2025, 6:58 pm • 0 0 • view
Can I place a pre-order now?
may 14, 2025, 6:48 pm • 1 0 • view
It might break my brain but I’d try.
may 15, 2025, 3:45 am • 2 0 • view
Christmas would be saved.
may 14, 2025, 6:48 pm • 2 0 • view
Yes! That said, you should probably hurry before the printing press is banned.
may 15, 2025, 2:32 am • 10 1 • view
no
may 15, 2025, 2:34 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes!
may 15, 2025, 2:34 pm • 1 0 • view
You already know we would!
may 14, 2025, 6:49 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes!!
may 14, 2025, 6:54 pm • 2 0 • view
Yes, please!
may 15, 2025, 12:58 am • 1 0 • view
Only if you throw in a few of your wonderful photos.
may 14, 2025, 7:55 pm • 1 0 • view
Indeed
may 14, 2025, 6:50 pm • 1 0 • view
Indeed
may 14, 2025, 10:03 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes, I would.
may 14, 2025, 8:16 pm • 1 0 • view
Absolutely
may 14, 2025, 6:50 pm • 2 0 • view
I would subscribe to a printed extended pamphlet-length release for ease of social circle distribution
may 15, 2025, 12:26 am • 1 0 • view
Most definitely yes. I think you are the finest writer on current politics AND how the current situation relates to the constitution. And other things! Do it!
may 14, 2025, 6:57 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes. Can’t promise I’d finish it, as Ta-Nehisi Coates’s books know, but I’d be honored to have it on my shelf. ☺️
may 14, 2025, 10:04 pm • 1 0 • view
Pre order now!
may 15, 2025, 3:31 pm • 0 0 • view
yes. a slam dunk yes.
may 14, 2025, 7:43 pm • 0 0 • view
yes :)
may 14, 2025, 7:35 pm • 1 0 • view
may 14, 2025, 7:45 pm • 1 0 • view
Normally I was say YES but tbh things are so grim I personally cannot do a lot reading about this topic atm. I used to read about SCOTUS regularly, like a weird hobby, can’t even do that these days. I’m old and becoming cynical, it would probably be excellent for young people, though. 🙏🏼💙
may 15, 2025, 12:45 am • 3 0 • view