Check out the latest releases from @Columbia alumni authors @AuthorNunez ’72BC, ’75SOA; @SussilloDavid ’03SEAS, ’09GSAS; Bindu Bansinath ’18CC, ’23SOA; @BPlatzer ’04CC; and @KornbergMaya ’16SIPA. magazine.columbia.edu/articl…

Imagine your girl says "don't look now, but here comes my ex" and it's Masayoshi Takanaka playing his world famous surfboard guitar

Great book talk with @BPlatzer and @mattyglesias at Politics and Pros. Buy The Optimist - brianplatzer.com/the-optimis…

Novelist @BPlatzer says writers shouldn’t take character names too seriously. Sometimes the goal is simple: make them memorable… even if that means inventing someone like “Syzlvia Gorog.” But the novel behind the jokes comes from a much heavier place. Platzer’s book The Optimists was inspired by a beloved teacher and mentor who suffered a stroke and lost the ability to communicate. Platzer gave him a voice again through fiction. Brian Platzer joins The Gist to talk about writing, teaching middle school, and turning real life into a novel. The Gist Podcast is published daily @ 6pm ET #Writing #Authors #Books #Teachers #TheGist

I finally achieved my lifelong goal of chopping it up with the great @pescami @PescaGist on the occasion of my new novel, The Optimists! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

NEW EPISODE: Novelist, essayist, and educator Brian Platzer joins co-hosts @Wsterrell and @V_V_G to discuss his new novel, The Optimists, which follows private school teacher Mr. Keating over three decades. @lithub lithub.com/brian-platzer-on-…

What a week in New York City. We weathered one of the biggest snowstorms in decades, but it did not slow us down. On Tuesday, Skyline’s President, Scott Powell, attended the book launch for The Optimists by distinguished Grace Church School teacher, @BPlatzer, at The Great Hall at Cooper Union. Mr. Platzer was introduced by the incredibly talented Sarah Jessica Parker, followed by a reception at Grace Church High School in Greenwich Village, where Scott’s daughter Caitlyn Powell is a proud 2025 graduate. On Wednesday, Scott represented Skyline in meeting with Stacey Mueller, Director of Development at @RiceUniversity, to discuss philanthropic support for the University’s continued expansion, including its recently launched undergraduate business program, where his daughter Alena Powell is currently a junior majoring in Finance. That evening, Scott attended a violin performance at The Down Town Association by award-winning soloist Claire Edwards. The week concluded at the @OTCMarkets Australia Investor Day Conference in New York, reconnecting with colleagues and friends including Matthew Liteplo, Stephen Shipley, and Robert Power. A week defined by leadership, education, philanthropy, culture, and capital markets engagement. #InvestorRelations #CapitalMarkets #CorporateLeadership #Philanthropy #OTCMarkets

"'Every teacher’s story about a former student is unreliable by design, because the student is not there to interrupt." @BPlatzer shared a playlist for his novel The Optimists at @largeheartedboy largeheartedboy.com/2026/02/… @littlebrown

I dove into Brian Platzer’s “The Optimists” based on the title, the cover image and a single sentence. It was a good choice, writes the Biblioracle. trib.al/VcttXjc

The Teacher Who Changed My Life, Married Me to My Wife and Never Left My Side (Exclusive) people.com/brian-platzer-the…

Here’s the A Better Billion website and report. Hopefully, @ZohranKMamdani and staff play around with it. I’m sure he’d love it. We aren’t bringing back the 9, but lots of great stuff: transitcosts.com/a-better-bi…

Join me (and @SJP, Matthew Thomas, @mattyglesias, Joanna Pearson, @AdamGidwitz, and Kris Jansma)!

A 1984 feature by Dan Patrick on a young Don Mattingly.

Thanks, @Harvf, for the thoughtful and generous review!