Daniel Lefferts

Jun 17, 2024 | itsonlyzach.substack.com | Daniel Lefferts |Adelle Waldman |Alexandra S. Tanner |Zach Wilcha

Whoa. It’s been a minute! I’m caught up in the craziness of Pride season as a brave soldier who works in the LGBTQ+ nonprofit space. For us, the end of May and all of June are the equivalent of Thanksgiving through Christmas for elves. When I’m not out giving talks or participating in some woke advocacy scheme, I’ve been trying to catch up on things at home. As a result, it’s been a month without a newsletter and an ever-growing pile of finished books to write about.

Jun 13, 2024 | centerforfiction.org | Myriam Lacroix |Daniel Lefferts |Michael Waters |Thomas Grattan

Thursday, 6:00 pm EDTJune 13, 2024 The Center for Fiction& LivestreamedThis Pride Month, The Center for Fiction is back with our annual celebration of LGBTQ+ literature. Amidst increased book bans and censorship, we’re giving you the school book fair you always wished for, championing queer stories and LGBTQ+ authors.

Feb 27, 2024 | largeheartedboy.com | Daniel Lefferts

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Amy Bloom, Aimee Bender, Roxane Gay, and many others. Daniel Lefferts’s Book Notes novelWays and Means is an ambitious and accomplished debut.

Feb 23, 2024 | therumpus.net | Daniel Lefferts

Billionaires, the editors of n+1 noted not too long ago, “barely constitute a coherent object of thought.” They’re difficult to categorize, difficult to predict, and in the case of many, difficult to learn much about. And yet for all their mystery, they play an outsize role in our political, economic, and cultural lives. If we can’t beat them—and the deck is stacked heavily against us—the least we can do is try to understand them as best we can.

Feb 14, 2024 | theparisreview.org | Daniel Lefferts

By Daniel Lefferts February 14, 2024 I shouldn’t have been surprised that the hedge fund analyst knew me better than I knew myself. It was his job to predict distant developments, covert motives, hidden risks, and shortly into our brief relationship he turned his powers of divination on me.