Sarah Kendzior’s Newsletter

4 days ago | sarahkendzior.substack.com | Sarah Kendzior

Thank you, subscribers, for your thoughtful questions! I answered most and tried to address the main points of those I didn’t list. I apologize that I ran out of space!I do these Q & As once a month. If you’d like to submit a question, become a paying subscriber. You can do that here:Sarah Kendzior’s Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Paying subscriptions are particularly appreciated right now.

6 days ago | sarahkendzior.substack.com | Sarah Kendzior

I am back from a one-month, nine-city book tour for The Last American Road Trip — and I’m still hungry for questions! Welcome to the return of the monthly Q & A. We’ve got some catching up to do, but first, a few announcements:1) My 2022 book They Knew is on sale for $2.99 as an ebook. This sale won’t last, so buy it at one of the vendors linked here! And read about They Knew — an exploration of real conspiracies and how the term “conspiracy theory” is weaponized to negate critical inquiry — here.

2 weeks ago | sarahkendzior.substack.com | Sarah Kendzior

I am standing on the Devil’s Promenade, waiting to see the light. Folks have been flocking to this rural road since the early 20th century, when the apparition was first publicized. The Devil’s Promenade — also known as East 50 Road — borders Hornet, Missouri, so named because Route 66 commerce once made it buzz with activity. Now Hornet is a ghost town, and its ghost is the central attraction. They call it the Spooklight.

3 weeks ago | sarahkendzior.substack.com | Sarah Kendzior

As fellow St. Louisan T.S. Eliot said, “April is the cruelest month.” But April is also the coolest month: The Last American Road Trip is a national bestseller!This happened for one reason: you! Thanks to word-of-mouth praise, my new book gained traction. I now have written a bestseller in the worst economy since 1932, topping my prior feat of writing a bestseller in the opening salvo of a global plague. These are strange times. Nothing lasts, but nothing ends either. It is surreal to be on tour.

1 month ago | sarahkendzior.substack.com | Sarah Kendzior

The following is an excerpt from my new book, The Last American Road Trip. You can order it here and get a signed copy here. ***On the first day of our Route 66 trip, the media announced that Donald Trump would be indicted that week. I did not believe them because I had heard this claim every year since 2016 and throughout my 1980s and 1990s childhood, when reporters were more straightforward about his ties to organized crime. Trump had been under federal investigation since before I was born.