Thomas Kohnstamm

2 months ago | kirkusreviews.com | Thomas Kohnstamm |Kristin Hannah |Alison Espach

A family saga whose execution doesn’t quite match its ambition. Three generations of Seattle women navigate bigotry, politics, and scheming men. Kohnstamm’s second novel opens with a setup that at first seems too thin to carry even a short story: In 2014, Sami Hasegawa-Stalworth has volunteered to run her children’s elementary school PTA in hopes of renaming the school after her grandmother, Masako Hasegawa, a victim of Japanese American internment and a longtime music teacher there.

Nov 21, 2024 | blog.bentley.com | Thomas Kohnstamm

The tech industry’s need for sustainable and reliable energy sources has never been more pressing. “As power-intensive generative AI training and inference continues to grow faster than other uses and applications, global data center electricity consumption could roughly double” by 2030, according to a new study from Deloitte.

Oct 30, 2024 | blog.bentley.com | Erin Gartner |Thomas Kohnstamm

One day a decade ago, when Mark Pittman was a student at The University of Utah in Salt Lake City, he got caught in a snarl of traffic caused by a broken traffic light. The line was barely budging, and he was growing irritated. He knew he would be late for his class. But then a different kind of light sparked in his mind, illuminating a path from frustration to opportunity.

Oct 9, 2024 | blog.bentley.com | Monica Wamsley |Thomas Kohnstamm

In March 2024, a huge container ship lost power as it navigated out of Baltimore Harbor. The 100,000-ton vessel veered off course and crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The collision claimed the lives of six construction workers who were performing maintenance on the bridge. It also shut down port operations and severed a vital traffic artery.

Jun 27, 2024 | counterpointpress.com | Thomas Kohnstamm

“Masterfully rendered and mercilessly readable. Kohnstamm populates these pages with insight, hilarity, emotion, and unforgettable characters.