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'Parkland' links: TV, interviews, & reviews

I'm going to keep updating this post as a clearinghouse for many of the best interviews, excerpts, media appearances and reviews. Also: Parkland book tour dates/info . Reviews: Washington Post: ' Why Parkland, a year later, is a story of hope .' This review is my favorite. Amazing. The Atlantic: Dave Cullen's New Book on the Parkland Shooting Is Surprisingly Illuminating Chicago Tribune: Parkland changed everything Meeting 9-year-old Matheo in Tucson: Arizona Daily

'A story of hope'--WaPost 'Parkland' review

The Washington Post somehow burrowed into my head, rooted around for all the things I was trying to accomplish in Parkland: Birth of a Movement, and published it as a review this weekend. And the writer, Jill Filipovic , did it in such gorgeous, eloquent prose, I was stunned. Her opening sentence: Here is a sentence you would not expect in a review of a book on one of the country’s most notorious school shootings: “ Parkland ” by Dave Cullen is one of the most uplifting

Buzzfeed has 1st 'Parkland' excerpt--book comes out Tuesday

OK, first look at Parkland: Birth of a Movement. We chose Buzzfeed news the first exclusive Parkland excerpt and it's their lead story this weekend. Please share the link! Thank you. The book comes out Tuesday. I'm eager to hear what everyone thinks. Update: another post coming on all these, but links quickly: NPR Weekend Edition The Guardian (cover story of the book section, Review) BBC Radio 4, "Parkland: One Year On" (with me as "presenter")

Booklist starred review for 'Parkland'

What a relief that the reviews are coming in positive. Booklist just gave Parkland a starred review*, opening: Cullen, the author of the...

Apple named me 1 of '10 authors to read in 2019'

This book launch has already been a bit of a thrill, but the biggest surprise so far came this week. AppleBooks created a special feature of " 10 Authors to Read in 2019 ," with a mix of some classics--Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch and Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad --and some new voices. And me! For Parkland : Birth of a Movement. I wasn't sure what to make of it, but the Harper people were stunned, and said, Yeah, it's a big deal. So woohoo. I'm happy. Publicat

Kirkus dubs 'Parkland' a 'masterpiece'--1st review!

The first review just came in for Parkland : Birth of a Movement, and it's a starred review, from one of the 4 major advance-review pubs, Kirkus. The last time Kirkus awarded a star for nonfiction was Nov 1! That will be 3 months when its Parkland review appears in their Feb. 1 print edition. ( Just posted online .) Kirkus defines a starred review as: "Awarded to Books of Exceptional Merit." The opening clause made me happy: An incisive study of one of the past year's mo